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Alisma plantago
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藚 is a phono-semantic compound formed by the semantic component 艹 (grass, vegetation) and the phonetic component 卖. It was coined for a specific aquatic plant, often identified as water plantain, that grows in shallow waters and marshes. Due to its narrow botanical reference, the character has remained confined to classical agricultural, botanical, and medical literature, never acquiring extended or figurative meanings.
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