本草 běncǎo pharmacopoeia Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents běncǎo pharmacopoeia · Chinese medicine 本 běn noun book book; volume; notebook; edition of a text草 cǎo noun grass grass; straw; herbs; plants with non-woody stemsběncǎo Shennong Bencao Jing 本 běn noun root (bound form) the root or stem of a plant草 cǎo noun grass grass; straw; herbs; plants with non-woody stems