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茭白
jiāo​bái

water bamboo

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  • 茭白笋 jiāo​bái​sǔn water bamboo
    the tender edible stem of Manchurian wild rice, also known as [[茭白|茭白|jiao1 bai2]]; it is swollen into a bamboo-shoot shape by a parasitic fungus and eaten as a vegetable