銀木犀
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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銀 | 木 | 犀 |
ぎん Grade: 3 |
もく Grade: 1 |
せい Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 銀 (gin, “silver”) + 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet/fragrant osmanthus”).[1][2]
Noun edit
銀木犀 or 銀木犀 • (ginmokusei)
- The white-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 ギンモクセイ.
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)
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN