白玉椿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	玉	椿
しら Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1	つばき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

白玉(しらたま) (shiratama, “white gem”) + 椿(つばき) (tsubaki, “camellia”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠ma̠ t͡sɨba̠kʲi]

Noun

白玉椿: a white camellia being fed upon by a Japanese white-eye (メジロ, Zosterops japonicus)

白(しら)玉(たま)椿(つばき) • (shiratama tsubaki) 

1. a white-flowered camellia, Camellia japonica