Where do we gather the white wormwood? By the pools and islets.
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Not used in modern Chinese; it survives only in the 《诗经》 ode 采蘩 naming a wormwood gathered for ritual. The top is the grass radical 艹 and 繁 below supplies the sound.
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Classical only, confined to the Classics and old herbals, never modern speech.
Below the grass, 繁 supplies the fán sound; its sense of 'profuse' suits a plant that grows in abundant clumps, but it contributes no botanical meaning of its own.
