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Gorgon plant / fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox) / makhana (Hindi)

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

to thicken with cornstarch

cooking starch / pasty mixture of starch and water

Gorgon fruit / Semen euryales (botany) / see also 雞頭米|鸡头米[ji1 tou2 mi3]

cornstarch / powder made from Gorgon fruit