name of a plant

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

及 sound component

  Sound component

  

extend

Evolution

芨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

name of a plant, the roots are used for various purposes

 

Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草