木犀花

Japanese

The sweet osmanthus, with orange blossoms.

Kanji in this term
木	犀	花
もく Grade: 1	せい Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

The sweet osmanthus, with white blossoms.

Etymology

木犀(もくせい) (mokusei, “fragrant olive”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”)

Noun

木(もく)犀(せい)花(か) • (mokuseika) 

1. the flowers of the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans).

See also

• 金木犀(きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): yellow-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 銀木犀(ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 木犀(もくせい) (mokusei) the fragrant olive in general
• 桂花(けいか) (keika)

Further reading

• 木犀花 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia