紫草茸

zǐcǎoróng

Alternative name for 紫膠／紫胶 (zǐjiāo).

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 紫草 zǐcǎo
  1. red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
  2. flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
  3. arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
=2 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
=2 茸 rǒng
  1. (obsolete) to push in
  2. Used in compounds.
  3. to push in