莨菪 (làng dàng) — black henbane (a poisonous plant used in traditional medicine)

Definition

noun
black henbane (a poisonous plant used in traditional medicine)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 莨菪。
    Zhè zhǒng làng dàng shì yì zhǒng yǒu dú de zhí wù.
    This kind of black henbane is a poisonous plant.
  • 莨菪。
    Gǔ dài yī shēng yòng làng dàng zhì liáo téng tòng.
    Ancient doctors used black henbane to treat pain.
  • 莨菪，。
    làng dàng De huā shì huáng sè de, yè zi hěn tè bié.
    The flowers of black henbane are yellow, and the leaves are very distinctive.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

莨làng
菪dàng

莨 and 菪 carry no meaning of their own here; together they name a poisonous plant.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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