銀木犀

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銀木犀 (ginmokusei): The sweet osmanthus, with white blossoms.
Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
もく
Grade: 1
せい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (gin, silver) +‎ 木犀 (mokusei, sweet/fragrant osmanthus).[1][2]

Noun

(ぎん)(もく)(せい) or 銀木犀(ギンモクセイ) (ginmokusei

  1. The white-blooming variety of the sweet or fragrant olive, Osmanthus fragrans.

Usage notes

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

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN