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tian nan xing

tian nan xing noun: a flowering plant of the species Arisaema amurense, native to East Asia, whose roots are used for traditional medicine.

Noun

tian nan xing (uncountable)

  1. A flowering plant of the species Arisaema amurense, native to East Asia, whose roots are used for traditional medicine.

Origin of tian nan xing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天南星 (tiānnánxīng).

Questions about tian nan xing

What does tian nan xing mean?
Tian nan xing means a flowering plant of the species Arisaema amurense, native to East Asia, whose roots are used for traditional medicine.
What part of speech is tian nan xing?
Tian nan xing is a noun.

Words near tian nan xing in the dictionary

  1. Tiamat
  2. tiamenidine
  3. tiamulin
  4. tian
  5. Tian An Men Square
  6. tian nan xing
  7. Tian Shan
  8. Tian'anmen
  9. Tian'anmen Square
  10. Tian-Shan
  11. Tiana

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