Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
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Page 1052, Entry 08
Pronounced mao (falling tone). It is the cocklebur plant. Also, according to the Classified Dictionary (Leipian), it means bushy or lush. Also, according to the Er'ya (Boya), it means flourishing. From the Music Bureau Poems of Emperor Wu of Wei (Wei Wudi Yuefu): Riding clouds and driving dragons, how lush and flourishing. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is the name of a poisonous plant, the pepperweed. Also, a place name. From the Biography of Liu in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Sent Li Song to meet with Zhu Wei to fight the Red Eyebrows in Muxiang. Also, pronounced mu (entering tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced wu (falling tone). It is defined as a poisonous plant.