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茭白

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo bái

Manchurian wild rice 菰 gū, aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot

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茭: jiāo · Zizania latifolia, Manchurian wild rice
白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright

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1–2 · jiao1 bai2

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noun

edible wild rice stem (galls formed on young stems of Zizania latifolia after parasitism by the fungus Ustilago esculenta as a kind of vegetable)

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