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木muk6棉min4

muk6 min4mù mián

English

  1. cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
  2. cotton tree; red silk-cotton; Bombax ceiba, an important cultural symbol in Cantonese culture.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種植物嘅名;係生長喺熱帶同亞熱帶嘅喬木,底部生瘤,樹幹粗身而又高大筆挺,所以又叫英雄樹;春天嘅時候會開火紅色嘅花,曬完可以用嚟煲糖水飲,有祛濕驅風嘅功效,而夏天時結嘅果入面有綿絮。喺粵文化入面木棉係一種好緊要嘅象徵物。

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

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