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Plantain tree (芭蕉) (The first [character] has the fanqie bà + má [bā]. The second has the fanqie zǐ + xiāo [jiāo]. Wang [Yi]'s commentary on the Chuci states: 'The name of a fragrant plant. It grows in Jiaozhi; its leaves are like mats, and boiled, it can be spun into thread. It is a plant without firmness.' Therefore the Vimalakīrti[-nirdeśa] states: 'This body is like a plantain tree, with nothing solid inside.' Both characters derive from grass (草); bā (巴) and jiāo (焦) are both phonetics).