Word information
Simplified淫羊藿
Traditional淫羊藿
Pinyinyín yáng huò
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淫羊藿
yín yáng huò · Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac; also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)
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