紫根

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫 根
し
Grade: S 		こん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

紫(し)根(こん) • (shikon) 

  1. roots of purple gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of purple gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon used in medicine
  3. short for 紫根色 (shikon-iro, “a purple produced by gromwell roots”)

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