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蒺藜

jí li

2-character word

What 蒺藜 means

1. (botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
2. barbed object

The characters in 蒺藜

• 蒺jíTribulus terrestris
• 藜líname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album

Words containing 蒺藜

• 铁蒺藜tiě jí li(military) caltrop

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