艾草

àicǎo
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)

CEDICT

Chinese mugwort

Wiktionary

植物名。菊科艾屬，多年生草本。莖質硬。葉具香氣，互生，呈長卵形，葉背密生白毛。秋天開淡黃或淡褐色花。葉揉成艾絨，可作印泥，亦可灸病。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 艾 ài
  1. Chinese mugwort or wormwood
  2. moxa
  3. to stop or cut short
  4. phonetic "ai" or "i"
  5. abbr. for 艾滋病 àizībìng, AIDS
=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