蓼花

Chinese

luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (蓼花)
simp. #(蓼花)
anagram 花蓼

Pronunciation 1


Noun

蓼花

  1. (botany) knotweed flower; smartweed flower (the (usually pink) flower of various plants in the family Polygonaceae, especially in the genera Polygonum and Persicaria)

Pronunciation 2

luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (蓼花)
simp. #(蓼花)
alternative forms 荖花 Hokkien
anagram 花蓼

Noun

蓼花

  1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min, Taiwanese Mandarin) sugarcoated hollow puffed rice confection
See also

Further reading

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓼花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蓼花”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 351.