Two pronunciations:

1. máo

Same as "Mao"

Covered with Mao. ——Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty, "Collected Documents of Chengyi Bo Liu Wencheng"

2. mǎo

Water shield [water shield]. Nymphaeaceae. A kind of perennial aquatic herbaceous plant

The green grass is harvested thinly.

——"Poetry·Song of Lu·Panshui"

[方]: The northwestern region of my country is called loess hills [loess hills] with round tops and steep slopes