Etymology

lingzhi

ling·zhi
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Today it means: A medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine, Ganoderma lucidum and other closely related mushroom of the genus Ganoderma. Full definition →

Mandarin 靈芝 /灵芝
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lingzhi · noun1

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from靈芝 /灵芝
  2. English todaylingzhi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 靈芝 /灵芝 (língzhī). Doublet of reishi.

Lingzhi · proper noun2

  1. dz · borrowed fromགླིང་གཞི་
  2. English todayLingzhi

Borrowed from Dzongkha གླིང་གཞི་ (gling gzhi).

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