Where does “金魚草” come from?

金魚草 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 金魚草, from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

金魚草 (Chinese): snapdragon

Definitions

  1. snapdragon

Ancestry of “金魚草”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金魚草snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
2Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
3Middle Chinese草—
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