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used in 蓇葖[gū tū]; Taiwan pr. [gǔ]
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The character 蓇 is a phono-semantic compound: the top radical 艹 (grass) signals a botanical context, while the lower component 骨 (bone) provides its pronunciation. It denotes a follicle, a dry, unilocular fruit formed from a single carpel that splits along one suture to release seeds, and is seen in the term 蓇葖, which refers to this follicular fruit structure in agricultural and scientific literature.
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