Chinese plant-name character 茥

It names a plant in old Chinese glosses tied to berries.

The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary compiled around 100 CE, glosses it as 缺盆. The Erya, an early Chinese reference work, links it with 蒛葐 and an edible raspberry-like fruit called 覆盆; another Chinese dictionary, Guangyun, gives 缺盆草.

A commentary on these plant terms distinguishes 蓬虆, the plant, from 覆盆, its fruit. Together, the glosses connect 茥 with berry-bearing plants without identifying a single modern species.