冬虫夏草 dōngchóngxiàcǎo caterpillar fungus Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 冬虫夏草 (冬蟲夏草) dōngchóngxiàcǎo caterpillar fungus noun caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis); a fungus that grows within the body of a caterpillar and is used as a highly-prized medicinal tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Frequency Written text 0.788 per million Cross-References Referenced by 虫草 chóngcǎo Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
冬虫夏草 (冬蟲夏草) dōngchóngxiàcǎo caterpillar fungus noun caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis); a fungus that grows within the body of a caterpillar and is used as a highly-prized medicinal tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Frequency Written text 0.788 per million Cross-References Referenced by 虫草 chóngcǎo Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
