水蠟蟲
shuǐ​là​chóng

Chinese wax scale

  • created sense approved 水蜡虫/水蠟蟲 · shuǐ​là​chóng · Chinese wax scale — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水蜡虫 / 水蠟蟲

    shuǐ​là​chóng

    Chinese wax scale

    species of scale insect (Ericerus pela) cultivated for the commercial production of white wax, typically found on the wax tree (Ligustrum lucidum) or privet

    水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 蜡虫 (literal) → 蜡虫/蠟蟲 · là​chóng · wax bug

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense