一切經音義 50.287

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Citron flower (拘椽花; [the first character] is pronounced with the fanqie 俱 + 禹 [jǔ]; the second character is pronounced with the fanqie 以 + 專 [yuán]. The Guangzhi says: "It resembles an orange, as large as a cooked-rice vessel, and can be used for washing and for steeping kudzu and hemp. Nowadays it is produced south of Panyu; it is sliced into threads and steeped in honey to make sweet treats").