蓼

liǎo
  1. polygonum
  2. smartweed

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) difficulty; hardship
  2. (literary, of plants) tall
  3. difficulty; hardship
  4. knotweed; smartweed (various plants in the family Polygonaceae, especially in the genera Polygonum and Persicaria)
  5. only used in 摎蓼
  6. only used in 糾蓼／纠蓼
  7. tall

Wiktionary

植物名。蓼科蓼属，一年生草本。多生于水边。茎高一尺馀，叶呈披针形，夏秋之际开澹绿或澹红色的小花。茎叶味辛辣，可用以调味。全草亦可入药，有解毒、消肿、止痛、止痒等作用。

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Homographs

蓼 lù luxuriant growth

Containing this entry

蓼蓝 liǎolán
  1. indigo dye
  2. Polygonum tinctorium
红蓼 hóngliǎo
蓼沿 Liǎoyán
毛蓼 máoliǎo
蓼花 liǎohuā
水蓼 shuǐliǎo
冰岛蓼 Bīngdǎoliǎo
蓼风 lùfēng