Definition

1. Noun:
   • Gardenia fruit: The fruit of the gardenia plant (Gardenia jasminoides), used in traditional medicine and sometimes as a dye.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chi tử được sử dụng trong các bài thuốc Đông y. (Gardenia fruit is used in traditional Eastern medicine remedies.)
  • Màu vàng của chi tử có thể dùng để nhuộm. (The yellow color from gardenia fruit can be used for dyeing.)

Advanced Usage

• "quả chi tử": This is a more specific variant meaning "gardenia fruit," identical to the core meaning of "chi tử."
  • Quả chi tử có vị đắng, tính hàn. (Gardenia fruit has a bitter taste and cold properties.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dành dành: A common Vietnamese name for the gardenia plant, which bears the fruit.
• Gardenia jasminoides: The scientific name for the plant species.

Synonyms

• Gardenia fruit: The direct English translation.
• Cape jasmine fruit: Another common English name for the fruit of this plant.

Related Phrases

• "bài thuốc có chi tử": a medicinal formula containing gardenia fruit.
  • Ông ấy đang tìm một bài thuốc có chi tử. (He is looking for a medicinal formula containing gardenia fruit.)

Related Idioms

(This term is a specific botanical/pharmacological noun and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)