竜舌蘭
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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竜 | 舌 | 蘭 |
りゅう Grade: S |
ぜつ Grade: 6 |
らん Jinmeiyō |
goon | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍舌蘭 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “dragon tongue orchid”, compound of 龍 (ryū, “dragon”) + 舌 (zetsu, “tongue”) + 蘭 (ran, “orchid”)
Noun
[edit]竜舌蘭 or 竜舌蘭 • (ryūzetsuran)
- plants of genus Agave
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).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 竜 read as りゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 舌 read as ぜつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 蘭 read as らん
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Agavoideae subfamily plants