シキミ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of シキミ – see the following entry.

【樒しきみ】H [noun] Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves [noun] Synonym of 沈香 (jinkō, “agarwood”) Alternative spellings 櫁, 梻, しきび, シキビ

(This term, シキミ (shikimi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)