Yanamino菰
wild rice; Zizania latifolia; Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus
- Strokes
- 11
- Pinyin
- gū
Parts
Words with 菰
- 茨菰cí gu · ciguarrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
- 茭白jiāo bái · jiaobaiManchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
- 淡巴菰dàn bā gū · danbagutobacco (loanword) (old)
- 美人腿měi rén tuǐ · meirentui(Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
- 茭白笋jiāo bái sǔn · jiaobaisunedible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo