Etymology

chuanxiong

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Today it means: Szechuan lovage, a plant of the species Ligusticum striatum, formerly Ligustricum chuanxiong Full definition →

Mandarin 川芎
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from川芎
  2. English todaychuanxiong

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 川芎 (chuānxiōng).

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