サツキ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of サツキ – see the following entry.

【五月さつき】 [noun] (archaic) the fifth month of the lunar calendar [noun] (poetic) May [noun] (botany) Rhododendron indicum, a kind of azalea native to Japan (so named because it usually blooms in May) Alternative spellings 皐月, 早月

(This term, サツキ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)