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tan shen

tan shen noun: red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza).

Noun

tan shen (uncountable)

  1. Red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)

Origin of tan shen

Borrowed from Mandarin 丹參 /丹参 (dānshēn).

Questions about tan shen

What does tan shen mean?
Tan shen means red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza).
What part of speech is tan shen?
Tan shen is a noun.

Words near tan shen in the dictionary

  1. tan lines
  2. tan liquor
  3. tan out
  4. tan ride
  5. tan rides
  6. tan shen
  7. tan someone's hide
  8. TAN syndrome
  9. tan track
  10. tan tracks
  11. tan up

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