藥蜀葵 (joek6 suk6 kwai4) — marshmallow in Cantonese | HKDictionary

joekˍ₆藥sukˍ₆蜀kwaiˎ₄葵

简药蜀葵

Mandarin Pinyin: yao4 shu3 kui2

Meaning of 藥蜀葵

nounmarshmallow

Characters in 藥蜀葵

kill with poison

Shu - a state in the Zhou dynasty, occupying the Chengtu area of Sichuan

a term used in certain big flowering plants (eg. sunflower 向日葵, the mallow family 锦葵科--in particular, hollycock 蜀葵 (the genus Alcea))

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