バショウ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of バショウ – see the following entry.

【芭蕉ばしょう】 [noun] Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) [noun] Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) [proper noun] Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

(This term, バショウ (bashō), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)