粵

紫zi2羅lo4蘭laan4

simp紫罗兰
zi2 lo4 laan4zǐ luó lán

English

  1. (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)
  2. (botany) violet
  3. hoary stock; Matthiola incana ----
  4. violet

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種植物。十字花科紫羅蘭屬。草本或木本都有,成棵都係灰白色星狀毛,樹葉呈橢圓狀倒卵形以至倒披針形。花有紫、白、淡紅多種顏色,有香味。特徵係得四片花瓣。(量詞:樖/盆)
  2. 一種植物。堇菜科堇菜屬。草本,花兩性,單葉互生,有長葉柄。花呈紫藍色,花瓣為五片,唔整齊,上面四片,分成左右各兩片,下面果瓣比其他瓣大。日常生活中提及嘅紫羅蘭多數係指呢種。(量詞:樖/盆)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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