庚申草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庚	申	草
こう Jinmeiyō	しん Grade: 3	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “kōshin grass”, 庚申(こうしん) (kōshin, “the fifty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle”) + 草(そう) (sō, “grass, plant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕĩɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

庚(こう)申(しん)草(そう) or 庚申草(コウシンソウ) • (kōshinsō) 

1. Pinguicula ramosa, a species of butterwort

Usage notes

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