むらさきしきぶ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of むらさきしきぶ – see the following entry.

【紫式部】 [proper noun] Heian-period novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting; famous for authoring The Tale of Genji [noun] the Japanese or East Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica Alternative spelling ムラサキシキブ

(This term, むらさきしきぶ (murasakishikibu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)