杜鵑草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杜	鵑	草
ほととぎす
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgai	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
時鳥草 油点草

杜鵑草 (hototogisu): a toad lily flower on Mount Hongū, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture.

Etymology

Shift in meaning of ほととぎす (hototogisu, “lesser cuckoo”).

The spelling is a compound of 杜鵑(ほととぎす) (hototogisu, “lesser cuckoo”) + 草(そう) (sō, “herb”), as a means of clarifying that this term refers to the plant.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほととぎす [hòtótóꜜgìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞to̞to̞ɡʲisɨ]

Noun

杜鵑草(ほととぎす) or 杜鵑草(ホトトギス) • (hototogisu) 

1. toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

   Hypernym: 百合 (yuri)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホトトギス.

Derived terms

• 黄(キ)花(バナ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (kibana hototogisu)
• 薩(サツ)摩(マ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Satsuma hototogisu)
• 上(ジョウ)﨟(ロウ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (jōrō hototogisu)
• 高(タカ)隈(クマ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Takakuma hototogisu)
• 玉(タマ)川(ガワ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Tamagawa hototogisu)
• 山(ヤマ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (yama hototogisu)