銀木犀
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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銀 | 木 | 犀 |
ぎん Grade: 3 |
もく Grade: 1 |
せい Jinmeiyō |
on'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 銀 (gin, “silver”) + 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet/fragrant osmanthus”).[1][2]
Noun
edit銀木犀 or 銀木犀 • (ginmokusei)
- The white-blooming variety of the sweet olive or fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ギンモクセイ.
See also
edit- 丹桂 (tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
- 木犀 (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
- 桂花 (keika)
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 銀 read as ぎん
- Japanese terms spelled with 木 read as もく
- Japanese terms spelled with 犀 read as せい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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- ja:Olive family plants