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紫草

zǐ cǎo

2-character word

What 紫草 means

1. red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
2. flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
3. arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)

The characters in 紫草

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

Words starting with 紫草

• 紫草科zǐ cǎo kēBoraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)

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