木犀

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 木犀 – see 木樨 (“sweet osmanthus; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 木樨).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	犀
もく Grade: 1	せい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

木犀： 金木犀

Etymology

From Sinitic 木犀 (mùxī).

Noun

木(もく)犀(せい) or 木犀(モクセイ) • (mokusei) 

1. Osmanthus fragrans, variously called the sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, or fragrant olive: an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Oleaceae family, native to Asia

Derived terms

• 木犀花(もくせいか) (mokuseika): the flower of the fragrant olive
• 金木犀(きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 銀木犀(ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive

See also

• 丹桂(たんけい) (tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
• 桂花(けいか) (keika): the orange-blooming variety of Osmanthus fragrans; the flower of the orange-blooming variety