shí​cán

betony

  • created sense approved 石蚕/石蠶 · shí​cán · betony — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    shí​cán

    betony

    A perennial herb in the mint family with square stems and pale red or white flowers, commonly known as germander or betony.

    石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 蚕 (literal) → 蚕/蠶 · cán · silkworm

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  • created sense approved 石蚕/石蠶 · shí​cán · stony coral — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    shí​cán

    stony coral

    A reef-building coral polyp of the order Scleractinia that secretes a hard calcium carbonate skeleton

    石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 蚕 (literal) → 蚕/蠶 · cán · silkworm

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 石蚕/石蠶 · shí​cán · caddisfly larva — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    shí​cán

    caddisfly larva

    The aquatic larva of a caddisfly, which builds a protective case out of silk and environmental debris like sand or small stones

    石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 蚕 (literal) → 蚕/蠶 · cán · silkworm

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

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