diêu bông

Etymology
As explained by poet, who coined the name of the fictional plant, to a friend: "diêu bông" is based on "hoa phiêu diêu" ("the fleeting flower"). .

The real-life plant behind the imaginary diêu bông plant has been identified as, known as or  in Vietnamese.

Noun

 * 1) An imaginary plant, whose leaves an unwed maiden challenges her suitors to find for her in order to marry her