紫草

zǐcǎo
  1. red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
  2. flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
  3. arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)

CEDICT

red-root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)

Wiktionary

植物名。紫草科紫草屬，多年生草本。莖高約七十公分。葉互生，長橢圓形，有毛。夏日莖頂或葉腋開小白花。果實為小粒狀，成熟時呈灰色，堅硬而有光澤。根部可為紫色染料。也作「茈草」。

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Entry Composition

1 紫 zǐ
  1. purple
  2. violet
=2 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=2 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根

Containing this entry

紫草科 zǐcǎokē Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
紫草茸 zǐcǎoróng
假紫草 jiǎzǐcǎo