一切經音義 86.165

86.165

Lush and luxuriant (葳蕤; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 畏違, and the second with the fanqie 乳隹. In the Bencao [Materia Medica], weirui herb is precisely the modern medicinal name. The Shuowen writes it as 萎蕤; both characters take the radical 草, and 蕤 is pronounced with the fanqie 如隹. In the Lun it is written with 麥 as 蕤, which is a vulgar character).