How to write 藿

藿 [huò] 1. (Noun) A perennial herbaceous plant with heart-shaped leaves and blue-purple flowers. The seeds are inversely ovate. The stems and leaves have a strong aroma and can be used medicinally. (English: A perennial herbaceous plant with heart-shaped leaves and blue-purple flowers; the seeds are inversely ovate. The stems and leaves are highly aromatic and can be used in medicine.) 2. (Noun) The leaves of leguminous plants; edible when tender. (English: The leaves of pulse plants; edible when tender.) 3. (Noun) An abbreviation for 藿香 (wrinkled giant hyssop). (English: An abbreviation for wrinkled giant hyssop.) - Usage Examples: 1. "In the granary, the word for bean pods is 荚, and their leaves are called 藿." 2. "From the poem 'Food from My Field': 'Eat the 藿 from my field.'" 3. "In the 'Rites of Zhou': 'Niu 藿' refers to a type of cow feed." 4. "In Zhuangzi: 'The cicada cannot metamorphosize into a 藿蠋.' (Note: '大青虫' among the leaves of the bean.)" - Additional Examples: - 藿食 (referring to coarse food made from bean leaves; in ancient times, it referred to common people's food, in contrast to meat for the nobility). - 藿羹 (a dish made from boiled bean leaves, referring to coarse food eaten by commoners in ancient times). - 藿蠋 (the large green caterpillar that grows on bean leaves).