銀木犀
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 銀 | 木 | 犀 |
| ぎん Grade: 3 |
もく Grade: 1 |
せい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 銀 (gin, “silver”) + 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet/fragrant osmanthus”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]銀木犀 or 銀木犀 • (ginmokusei)
- The white-blooming variety of the sweet olive or fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ギンモクセイ.
See also
[edit]- 丹桂 (tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
- 木犀 (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
- 桂花 (keika)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 銀 read as ぎん
- Japanese terms spelled with 木 read as もく
- Japanese terms spelled with 犀 read as せい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Flowers
- ja:Olive family plants