畔紫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
畔	紫
あぜ Grade: S	むらさき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ze̞mɯ̟ɾa̠sa̠kʲi]

Noun

畔(あぜ)紫(むらさき) or 畔紫(アゼムラサキ) • (azemurasaki) 

1. Synonym of 弟切草 (otogiri-sō, “a species of St. John's wort, Hypericum erectum”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アゼムラサキ.

References

• “畔紫”, in デジタル大辞泉‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “畔紫” in Weblio Dictionary.