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芝

Mandarin · pinyin zhī

Zoysia pungens

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芝: zhī · sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)

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(obsolete) synonym of 蘑菇, mushroom
(obsolete, figurative) mushroomlike object
Ganoderma
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 靈芝 /灵芝 (língzhī), lingzhi
(Taoism) zhi, a mushroom or plant endowing immortality
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 芷, angelica
(chiefly Cantonese) short for 芝士 (“cheese”)
used in 芝麻 (zhīma, “sesame”)
used in 芝城 (Zhīchéng, “city of Chicago”)
a surname

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