茨菰 in English ci2 gu5 Meaning

Meanings

• arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)

Pinyin

ci2 gu5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

茨ci2Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) 菰gu1Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus