xương rồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

xương (“bone”) +‎ rồng (“dragon”). Compare Chinese 龍骨花 / 龙骨花 (long cốt hoa).

In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), it was glossed as species euphorbiæ (“Euphorbia species”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ ʐəwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ ɹəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây) xương rồng

  1. cactus
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