茭白

茭白	jiāo bái	Manchurian wild rice 菰, aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
茭	jiāo	Zizania aquatica
白	Bái	surname Bai
白	bái	white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera