本草

Traditional form:

本草

Pinyin (reading):

běncǎo

Definitions:

• a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
• Chinese materia medica

Characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch

Traditional characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch