金木犀
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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金 | 木 | 犀 |
きん Grade: 1 |
もく Grade: 1 |
せい Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 金 (kin, “gold, golden”) + 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet/fragrant osmanthus”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
金木犀 or 金木犀 • (kinmokusei)
- The orange-blooming variety of the sweet olive or fragrant olive, Osmanthus fragrans.
Usage notes edit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キンモクセイ.
See also edit
- 丹桂 (tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
- 銀木犀 (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
- 木犀 (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
- 桂花 (keika)