馬銭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	銭
ま Grade: 2	ちん Grade: 6
kan'yōon	irregular

Alternative spellings
馬錢 (kyūjitai) 番木鼈

Noun

馬(ま)銭(ちん) or 馬銭(マチン) • (machin) 

1. strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica

Usage notes

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