一切經音義 99.29

99.29

Stem-connected plums and fruit-pedicels 机白蔕 (the first character is pronounced [渠 + 鳩] *qiú*. The Erya states: "*Ji* [机] refers to tied-plums." Guo [Puo]'s commentary says: "Resembles plums; the fruit is the size of a fingertip and red; it also resembles a small *nai*-apple and is edible." It is classified under the radical 木 [wood]. The bottom character is pronounced [低 + 計] *dì*. The Kaosheng says: "That to which fruits and leaves are attached is called a *di* [pedicel]." The Erya says: "For peaches and plums, it is called *di*." The Wenzidian says it takes 艸 [grass] as radical and 带 as phonetic).