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豆蔻

dòu kòu

2-character word

What 豆蔻 means

1. cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
2. fig. a girl's teenage years
3. maidenhood
4. a budding beauty

The characters in 豆蔻

• 豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻

Words starting with 豆蔻

• 豆蔻年华dòu kòu nián huá(idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence

Words containing 豆蔻

• 小豆蔻xiǎo dòu kòuIndian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
• 白豆蔻bái dòu kòucardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
• 肉豆蔻ròu dòu kòunutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt); mace; Myristicaceae…
• 肉豆蔻科ròu dòu kòu kēMyristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)