Amur cork tree

English

Amur cork tree at Numanohata Memorial Park in Japan

Noun

Amur cork tree (plural Amur cork trees)

1. A large Asian tree with corky bark, grown ornamentally in colder climates and used in traditional Chinese medicine (Phellodendron amurense).

Translations

Phellodendron amurense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃檗 / 黄檗 (zh) (huángbò), 黃柏 / 黄柏 (zh) (huángbǎi)

• Japanese: キハダ (ja) (kihada), 黄檗 (ja) (ōbaku) (as Kampō medicine)
• Korean: 황벽나무 (hwangbyeongnamu), 황벽 (hwangbyeok)