trỗ

Lúa trỗ vàng rực cả cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To ear; to head; to come into ear: The primary meaning of "trỗ" refers to the stage in the growth of cereal plants, especially rice, when the flower head or panicle emerges from the stem.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Lúa bắt đầu trỗ. (The rice is beginning to ear.)
  • Cánh đồng trỗ đều trông rất đẹp. (The field earing uniformly looks very beautiful.)
  • Giống lúa này trỗ sớm. (This rice variety heads early.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "trỗ" is highly specific to agriculture and botany. It is almost exclusively used to describe the reproductive growth phase of graminaceous plants (grasses like rice, wheat, barley).

Variants and Related Words

• Trỗ bông (v): A more descriptive variant meaning "to flower" or "to produce a panicle," often used interchangeably with "trỗ."
  • Lúa đang trỗ bông. (The rice is flowering.)

Synonyms

• To ear: (of grain) to form or bear ears.
• To head: to form a head, as in cereal plants.
• To flower: (in this specific botanical context for grasses).

Notes

• "Trỗ" is a specialized term. In everyday conversation, one might use a more general phrase like (the rice produces flowers) instead. Its usage is largely confined to descriptions of rice cultivation and agricultural contexts.