とっくりびょう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
徳利病 とっくり病

Etymology

From 徳利(とっくり) (tokkuri, “tokkuri”) + 病(びょう) (byō, “disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾʲibʲo̞ː]

Noun

とっくりびょう • (tokkuri-byō) 

1. (mycology) "tokkuri disease": disease in hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) trees where the trunk displays tokkuri-shaped hypertrophy