Chinese

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luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (蓼花)
simp. #(蓼花)
anagram 花蓼

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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蓼花

  1. (botany) knotweed flower; smartweed flower (the (usually pink) flower of various plants in the family Polygonaceae, especially in the genera Polygonum and Persicaria)

Pronunciation 2

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luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (蓼花)
simp. #(蓼花)
alternative forms 荖花 Hokkien
anagram 花蓼

Noun

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蓼花

  1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) sugarcoated hollow puffed rice confection
See also
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Further reading

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  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓼花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC