天門冬

天门冬
tiānméndōng
asparagus

CEDICT

root of the Chinese asparagus (Asparagus cochinchinensis)

Wiktionary

植物名。百合科天門冬屬，多年生蔓草。莖稍木質化，地下有紡錘狀小塊根，春萌葉，綠色，細長而尖。夏日開淡黃白色花，單性單花被花。結小豆般大的果實，成熟時呈紅色，內含黑色種子。塊根攢簇而生，頗肥大，可入藥，有解熱、鎮咳及利尿等作用。

重編國語辭典

  1. 天門冬科天門冬屬的植物(Asparaguscochinchinensis)
  2. 這種植物的根

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 天門 Tiānmén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
=1 天門 tiānmén
  1. (Chinese mythology) gate to the Heavenly Palace
  2. (anatomy) centre of the forehead
  3. (historical) gate to the imperial palace
  4. (～市) Tianmen (a sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China)
  5. Tianmen (a sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China)
  6. centre of the forehead
  7. gate to the Heavenly Palace
  8. gate to the imperial palace
  9. short for 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng, “Chinese asparagus”)
=2 冬 dōng winter
=2 冬 dōng
  1. (onom.) beating a drum
  2. rat-a-tat

Containing this entry

天門冬科 tiānméndōngkē Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
天門冬氨酸 tiānméndōng'ānsuān
天門冬胺酸 tiānméndōng'ànsuān

Related entries

石刁柏 shídiāobǎi asparagus
蘆筍 lúsǔn asparagus
湯姆吃蘆筍，但是他弟弟不吃。

Tom eats asparagus, but his brother doesn't.

Source: Tatoeba

龍鬚菜 lóngxūcài
  1. asparagus
  2. (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜 fóshǒuguā