lá ngọn

Người dân tộc thường dùng lá ngọn để làm thuốc.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A specific plant species: "Lá ngọn" is a Vietnamese term that refers to a particular plant, identified in botanical science as Gelsemium or Pterocarya tonkinensis (Tonkin wingnut). It denotes the plant itself or its leaves and shoots.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người dân tộc thường dùng lá ngọn để làm thuốc. (Ethnic minority people often use lá ngọn to make medicine.)
  • Cây lá ngọn mọc nhiều ở vùng núi phía Bắc. (The lá ngọn plant grows abundantly in the northern mountainous regions.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in botanical, ethnobotanical, or traditional medicine contexts. It is not a common word in general daily conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Cây lá ngọn: the tree/plant.
  • Họ đang nghiên cứu cây lá ngọn. (They are researching the lá ngọn plant.)

Synonyms

• Gelsemium: the scientific genus name.
• Tonkin wingnut: a common English name for .

Notes on Usage

• "Lá ngọn" is a fixed compound noun. It should not be broken down and interpreted literally as "leaf" () and "tip" () in this context, as it functions as the proper name of a specific plant.