一切經音義 1.53

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1.53

Cinnamon tree grows [桂生] (gui-hui fan [guì]; Shanhai jing: "Mount Zhaoyao has many cinnamon trees." Guo Pu: "Cinnamon leaves resemble loquat leaves, more than a foot long, pungent in flavor, with white flowers." Bencao: "There are two kinds of cinnamon: jun-gui and mu-gui; both are produced in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and the mountains of Guilin." Shuowen: "A fragrant tree of Jiangnan, foremost among the hundred medicines; composed of 'wood' [木] with 'gui' [圭] phonetic; jun [菌] is pronounced jun, mu [牡] is pronounced mu").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese