- 茜草 qiàncǎo madderIndian madder (Rubia cordifolia); a perennial climbing herb with a square stem, small yellow flowers, and heart-shaped leaves. Its roots are used for red dye and in traditional medicine.
- 茜素 qiànsù alizarinA red crystalline compound used as a dye, originally extracted from madder root but now synthesized chemically.
- 假芫茜 jiǎyuánqiàn culantroEryngium foetidum; a tropical perennial herb also known as Mexican coriander or long coriander
- 茜藘 qiànlǘ madder(literary) madder, a plant used as a source of red dye
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH