kochia; broom grass (archaic)
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Meanings
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kochia (Kochia scoparia); broom grass; an archaic botanical term
archaicRefers to the plant Kochia scoparia, commonly known as broom grass or fireweed, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts such as the Compendium of Materia Medica (《本草纲目》). This term is rarely used in modern Chinese.
《
Běn本
Cǎo草
Gāng纲
Mù目
》
jì记
zǎi载
，
wáng王
huì彗
jí即
dì地
fū肤
yě也
。
The Compendium of Materia Medica records that wanghui is the ancient name for kochia (dīfū).
Wáng王
huì彗
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
yě野
cài菜
，
gǔ古
rén人
yòu又
chēng称
qí其
wéi为
sào扫
zhou帚
cài菜
。
Wanghui is a common wild vegetable, which the ancients also called broom grass (sàozhoucài).