(an ancient form) (same as 瓾) eaves sprouting from the stump of a tree; shoots from an old stump, a large (a species of oak) from the bark of which a yellow dye is produced
蘖【申集上】【艸部】 康熙筆画:23画,部外筆画:17画
《正韻》魚列切,音臬。斫木餘。
又肄生曰蘖。
又《字彙補》姓也。《何氏姓苑》本姓薛,東莞人避仇改之。《字彙》木櫱字有屮無艸,今从艸,似誤。○按《正韻》亦下从,非从木。疑卽櫱字之譌。《集韻》博厄切,音擘。《唐韻》俗檗字。《說文》黃木也。或从薛。《本草》李時珍曰:蘗,木名。義未詳。俗作黃柏者,省寫之譌也。《鮑昭·行路難》剉蘗染黃絲,黃絲歷亂不可治。
又與薛通。詳薜字註。