五加

wǔjiā
Acanthopanax gracilistylus

CEDICT

Eleutherococcus gracilistylus

Wiktionary

植物名。五加科五加屬，落葉灌木。高約二公尺。枝幹生刺，掌狀複葉，邊緣有鋸齒，新葉可食，初夏開黃綠小花。果實色黑，為球形漿果。根皮可浸酒、入藥，有袪風溼、壯筋骨的藥效。

重編國語辭典

Examples

五加三等於八。

Five plus three is eight.

Five and three is eight.

Five plus three equals eight.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 五 wǔ
  1. five
  2. 5
2 加 jiā
  1. to add
  2. (math.) plus
  3. to increase; to augment
  4. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 bù, 大 dà, 稍 shāo etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 shāojiāgǎiliáng "make some minor improvements to (it)")

Containing this entry

刺五加 cìwǔjiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
五加皮 wǔjiāpí