紫草
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基本释义
  1. [redroot gromwell] 一种紫草属多年生草本植物,根粗大,紫色,叶互生,披针形,金缘,花白色,果实有四分果,粒状,根供染料及药用如今之紫草,未花时采。(紫草,多年生草本植物,有宿根,可作药用。)--宋. 沈括《梦溪笔谈》
英文翻译
  1. arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
  2. red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
  3. flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye