水晶樹

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Chinese

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

Etymology

Named for its brightly shining leaves.

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水晶樹

  1. The "crystal tree", a variety of the Chinese pistachio (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.) that grows at the grave of Confucius in Qufu, China.

References

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