菫草

      Japanese

      Kanji in this term

      Etymology

      Compound of sumire (Violaceae) and kusa (grass), with medial -k- voicing to /g/ due to compounding.

      Noun

      菫草 (hiragana すみれぐさ, romaji sumiregusa)

      1. flowering plants of the Violaceae family

      See also

      Last modified on 31 May 2009, at 16:15