An evergreen woody vine with oval leaves and egg-shaped fruit; the fruit's sticky liquid is used to make jelly and the plant parts are used in traditional medicine. Also called 木莲mùlián
hungry ghost
In Buddhism, a being reborn in one of the lower realms (preta) who suffers from constant hunger and thirst; the term is a transliteration of the Sanskrit 'preta'. Also called 饿鬼èguǐ
