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Word · NounTraditional薀草

aquatic weeds used as fertilizer

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

aquatic weeds; water plants (used as fertilizer)

dialect

A dialect term referring to aquatic vegetation harvested from rivers or ponds for use as organic fertilizer, common in rural Yangtze River regions.

Nóng农
mín民
men们
zhèng正
zài在
dǎ打
lāo捞
hé河
lǐ里
de的
wēn蕰
cǎo草
yòng用
lái来
féi肥
tián田
 。

The farmers are dredging aquatic weeds from the river to use as fertilizer.

Wēn蕰
cǎo草
shì是
yōu优
liáng良
de的
yǒu有
jī机
lǜ绿
féi肥
 。

Water weeds are excellent organic green manure.

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Zhè这
piàn片
chí池
táng塘
lǐ里
zhǎng长
mǎn满
le了
wēn蕰
cǎo草
 。

This pond is overgrown with aquatic weeds.