草 本 植 物

cǎo běn zhí wùdictionary entry

herbaceous plant

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

草本植物草本植物 [cao3 ben3 zhi2 wu4] /herbaceous plant/

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草
cǎo
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[kē],撮[zuǒ],株[zhū],根[gēn]
cào
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本
běn
(bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
植
zhí
to plant
物
wù
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself

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