lí
蓠
used in 江蓠 (gracilaria)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
used in 江蓠 (jiānglí), referring to Gracilaria, a red alga used to produce agar
This character rarely appears independently and is almost exclusively used in the compound 江蓠. Historically, it was also used as a variant of 篱 (fence).
Jiāng江
lí蓠
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
zhòng重
yào要
de的
jīng经
jì济
hǎi海
zǎo藻
。
Gracilaria is an important economic seaweed.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
zǎo藻
lèi类
yě也
jiào叫
lóng龙
xū须
cài菜
huò或
jiāng江
lí蓠
。
This alga is also called dragon whisker vegetable or gracilaria.
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Cóng从
jiāng江
lí蓠
zhōng中
tí提
qǔ取
de的
qióng琼
jiāo胶
yòng用
tú途
guǎng广
fàn泛
。
Agar extracted from gracilaria has a wide range of uses.