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香草

xiāng cǎo

2-character word

What 香草 means

1. aromatic herb
2. vanilla
3. alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei
4. (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)

The characters in 香草

• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

Example sentences

• 她做了一个四人份的巧克力香草蛋糕。
  Tā zuò le yī gè sì rén fèn de qiǎokèlì xiāngcǎo dàngāo.
  She made a vanilla chocolate cake for four people.
• 用于那个义大利酱的香草可能是荷兰芹。
  Yòng yú nàge Yìdàlì jiàng de xiāngcǎo kěnéng shì hélánqín.
  The herb used in that pasta sauce might be parsley.
• 当且仅当冰淇淋是香草口味，小王会吃这个冰淇淋。
  Dāngqiějǐndāng bīngqílín shì xiāngcǎo kǒuwèi, xiǎo Wáng huì chī zhège bīngqílín.
  If and only if the ice-cream is vanilla flavour will Xiao Wang eat it.

Words starting with 香草

• 香草精xiāng cǎo jīngvanilla extract; vanilla essence
• 香草兰xiāng cǎo lánvanilla (Vanilla planifolia)

Words containing 香草

• 麝香草shè xiāng cǎothyme