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Definitions

  1. 1. bud
  2. 2. sprout

Words Containing 芽

萌芽
méng yá

to sprout (lit. or fig.)

侧芽
cè yá

axillary bud

催芽
cuī yá

to promote germination

嫩芽
nèn yá

tender shoots

小麦胚芽
xiǎo mài pēi yá

wheat germ

新芽
xīn yá

new shoot; new sprout

滋芽
zī yá

(dialect) to sprout

球芽甘蓝
qiú yá gān lán

Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)

发芽
fā yá

to germinate

肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌
ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn

Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)

胚芽
pēi yá

bud

胚芽米
pēi yá mǐ

semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)

胚芽鞘
pēi yá qiào

coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)

腋芽
yè yá

axillary bud

芽苗
yá miáo

a shoot

蜡样芽孢杆菌
là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn

(microbiology) Bacillus cereus

豆芽
dòu yá

bean sprout

豆芽菜
dòu yá cài

bean sprouts

顶芽
dǐng yá

terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)

麦芽
mài yá

malt

麦芽糊精
mài yá hú jīng

maltodextrin

麦芽糖
mài yá táng

maltose (sweet syrup)

麦芽糖醇
mài yá táng chún

maltitol, a sugar alcohol

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