a plant which resembles wheat but has no edible grain

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

遽 sound component

  Sound component

  

suddenly

Evolution

蘧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蘧 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蘧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

a plant which resembles wheat but has no edible grain; Dianthus superbus

 

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