木犀
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 木 | 犀 |
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木犀： 金木犀
Etymology
From Sinitic 木犀.
Noun
木犀 (hiragana もくせい, katakana モクセイ, romaji mokusei)
- 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, キンモクセイ, kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
- 銀木犀 (ぎんもくせい, ギンモクセイ, ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
See also
- 桂花 (けいか, keika): the orange-blooming variety of Osmanthus fragrans; the flower of the orange-blooming variety
Mandarin
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Noun
木犀 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin mùxī)
- sweet osmanthus (the plant)