Definition
蓼 (liǎo) is a bound form (b.f.) referring to plants of the Polygonaceae family, such as knotweed (辣蓼) and water pepper (水蓼). Note that the English gloss 'tall trees/vegetation' actually corresponds to a different reading (lù, as in 蓼蓼者莪), so this row's data is inconsistent.
b.f.
(bound form) knotweedplants of the Polygonaceae family
Examples
- 蓼。Là liǎo shì yì zhǒng chángjiàn de cǎoběn zhíwù.Red-knees is a common herbaceous plant.
- 蓼。liǎo kē zhíwù zhōng yǒu bù shǎo kěyǐ rù yào.Many plants in the knotweed family can be used as medicine.
- 蓼。Shuǐ liǎo xǐhuan zhǎng zài cháoshī de hé'àn biān.Water pepper likes to grow on damp riverbanks.
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