méng yá
to sprout (lit. or fig.)
to bud
to germinate
germ
seed
bud
yá miáo
a shoot
a sprout
a seedling
pēi yá mǐ
semi-polished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
dǐng yá
terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
yè yá
axillary bud
bud growing from axil of plant
mài yá táng chún
maltitol, a sugar alcohol
pēi yá qiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn
Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)
zī yá
(dialect) to sprout
to germinate
qiú yá gān lán
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)