港
港 – Gang3 – Harbor
香港 – Xiang1 Gang3 – Fragrant Harbor — Hong Kong
(and strangely, Athlete’s Foot is 香港腳 – Xiang Gang3 Jiao3 – Hong Kong Foot)
香腸 – Xiang Chang2 – Fragrant Intestine — Sausage
香蕉 – Xiang1 Jiao1 – Banana
香菜 – Xiang1 Cai4 – Fragrant Vegetable — Parsley
香草 – Xiang1 Cao3 – Fragrant Grass — Herb
香水 – Xiang1 Shui3 – Fragrant Water — Perfume
They all sound nice, right? Now get a load of this:
香肉 – Xiang1 Rou4 – Fragrant Meat — DOG MEAT
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Fragrant grass is vanilla.
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Huh. Zhongwen.com confirms that, but my dictionary says it just means herbs in general. Probably you and Zhongwen are right.