nandina
See also: Nandina
English edit
Etymology edit
A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪnə
Noun edit
nandina (plural nandinas)
- (botany) Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.
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Translations edit
Nandina domestica
Further reading edit
- nandina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nandina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nandina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons