水晶樹

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Chinese

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crystal; quartz tree
trad. (水晶樹) 水晶
simp. (水晶树) 水晶

Etymology

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Named for its brightly shining leaves.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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水晶樹

  1. The "crystal tree", a variety of the Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) that grows at the grave of Confucius in Qufu, China.

References

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  • Botanicon Sinicum, Vol. II: The Botany of the Chinese Classics (1892), Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, p. 399.