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luxuriant (of plants)
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薿 is a phono-semantic compound character whose top element, the grass radical 艹, assigns it to the semantic field of plants and vegetation, while the bottom component 疑 provides the sound. Its original sense captured the visual impression of plants growing in a thick, lush, thriving cluster. Because the language later coined simpler graphs for "lush", 薿 never gained currency as an everyday adjective and is now encountered almost exclusively in classical verse and descriptive agricultural accounts from historical texts.
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