車花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
車	花
くるま Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “wheel flower”, 車(くるま) (kuruma, “carriage, wheel”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾɯ̟ma̠ba̠na̠]

Noun

車(くるま)花(ばな) or 車花(クルマバナ) • (kurumabana) 

1. Clinopodium chinense subsp. grandiflorum

Usage notes

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