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荞 (traditional 蕎) combines the grass radical 艹 with phonetic 乔 (traditional 喬), which also means "tall". It refers to buckwheat, a plant with grain-like seeds often used as a cover crop, and commonly appears in compounds like 荞麦. The structure follows the standard pattern for plant names: the radical signals the botanical category, while the phonetic specifies the crop and supplies the pronunciation.
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