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銀木犀 (ginmokusei): The sweet osmanthus, with white blossoms.
Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
もく
Grade: 1
せい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (gin, silver) +‎ 木犀 (mokusei, sweet/fragrant osmanthus).[1][2]

Noun edit

(ぎん)(もく)(せい) or 銀木犀(ギンモクセイ) (ginmokusei

  1. The white-blooming variety of the sweet olive or fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

Usage notes edit

As 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

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN