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chuanxiong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chuanx-iong
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Szechuan lovage, a plant of the species Ligusticum striatum, formerly Ligustricum chuanxiong

Uncountable

noun

A preparation of the plant used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 川芎 (chuānxiōng).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

chuanxiongs (plural)

Questions

What does chuanxiong mean?
Szechuan lovage, a plant of the species Ligusticum striatum, formerly Ligustricum chuanxiong
Where does chuanxiong come from?
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 川芎 (chuānxiōng).

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