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Arthraxon ciliare; green; rhodacene
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菉 (lù) is a phono-semantic compound: the grass radical 艹 (cǎo) at the top indicates a plant, while 彔 (lù) below provides the sound. It names a specific reed or grass, often the source of a distinct yellow or green dye used in traditional textile manufacturing. In historical literature, 菉 also functioned as a descriptor for a green color, essentially a variant or a specific shade related to the more common 綠 (lǜ). Its primary usage is in classical poetry and botanical descriptions, where the precise type of reed or the exact shade of green dye was contextually important.
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