Cao (草) can also be translated into ‘herbal plants’.

> ‘\[The ‘Yecai Bolu’] is divided into the parts herbal plants (*Cao* 草), and shrubs and trees (*Mu* 木).’[^1] [^1]: Ulrich Theobald, ‘Yecai bolu 野菜博錄’, ChinaKnowledge.de, 15 June 2013, [http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Science/yecaibolu.html](http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Science/yecaibolu.html).