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elaphure - large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

Elaphurus, genus Elaphurus - a genus of Cervidae

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References in periodicals archive

For example, the zhu-deer is the sambar (Cervus unicolor), not the elaphure (Elaphurus davidianus, which is actually the mi); the miwu-plant is selinea (Selinum selinum), not lovage (Ligusticum levisticum); the hui-plant is sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), not identifiable with the so-called "orchid" or Chinese thoroughwort (i.e., lan = Eupatorium chinense).

Libro dei monti e dei mari (Shanghai jing): Cosmografia e mitologica nella Cina antica

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