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(literary) yeast used for brewing wine
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The traditional character 糵, structured with the grass radical 艹 above the component 辥, originates from early references to grain sprouts. Its meaning gradually specialized to denote malt, the germinated grain used in fermentation, moving away from the broader sense of plant shoots. This semantic refinement is consistent with the character's composition, where the radical underscores its botanical basis, while the component 辥 primarily serves a phonetic function in its formation.
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