郁子

Japanese

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ムベ on Japanese Wikipedia

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Compare contraction of むとす (mu to su).

郁(む)子(べ) or 郁子(ムベ) or 郁(う)子(べ) or 郁(うん)子(べ) or 郁(んー)子(べ) • (mube or ube or unbe or nnbe)

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