禾本科植物薏苡 meaning in English
coix lacryma-jobi l. var. ma-yuan stapf
Examples
- Epidemiologists had long suspected that the low cancer rates in southeast china might be related to coix , a grasslike relative of maize that is a dietary staple in the region and a key ingredient of many traditional chinese herbal medicines
流行病学专家长期以来一直疑心，中国东南部癌症发病率低是由于那里的人们喜欢食用薏苡仁（禾本科植物薏苡） ，此地区的人们喜欢将薏仁作为饭食的成分，薏苡也是许多中药的关键成分之一。