なでしこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of なでしこ – see the following entry.

【撫子】 [noun] [from 733] 瞿麦: pink (any flower of the genus Dianthus); especially, the 河原撫子 (kawara nadeshiko, “fringed pink, large pink”, Dianthus superbus) [noun] [from late 900s] Short for 撫子襲 (nadeshiko-gasane): a style of layering garments, with the front layer in the color of 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum or apricot”), and the back with blue (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [noun] [from late 1300s] a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), another name for 常夏 (tokonatsu) [noun] [from late 900s] a lovable, caressable child [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 瞿麦, ナデシコ

(This term, なでしこ (nadeshiko), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)