宿根

sùgēn
perennial root (botany)

CEDICT

  1. 草本植物茎叶虽枯死，但根存泥中，次年再出新芽的根。如芍药、菊等。
  2. 佛教谓由于前世的修行，所造就的悟道潜能。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 宿 sù old variant of 宿 sù
=1 宿 sù
  1. lodge for the night
  2. old
  3. former
2 根 gēn
  1. root
  2. basis
  3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  4. radical (chemistry)

classifier: 條