續一切經音義 4.93

4.93

卉木（上許貴反七詩云卉木萋萋也傳云眾也爾雅云卉草郭注云百草惣名也說文從三屮作芔二屮為艸也屮丑列反草本初生之形也艸今為廾音草）。

Herbs and trees (huimu 卉木: the first character has the fanqie [reading] xu + gui [hui]. The Classic of Poetry says: "The herbs and trees flourish luxuriantly." The commentary says: "Numerous." The Erya says: "卉 means grass." Guo [Pu's] commentary says: "The collective name for all grasses." The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes three 屮 to form 芔; two 屮 make 艸. 屮 has the fanqie [reading] chou + lie [che], which represents the shape of grass and herbs first sprouting. 艸 is now written 廾, pronounced cao).