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木犀花
木犀花
Japanese
The sweet osmanthus, with orange blossoms.
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 木 | 犀 | 花 |
|
もく Grade: 1 |
せい Jinmeiyō |
か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | ||
The sweet osmanthus, with white blossoms.
Noun
木犀花 (hiragana もくせいか, romaji mokuseika)
- (botany): The flowers of the fragrant olive (osmanthus fragrans).
Coordinate terms
- 金木犀 (kinmokusei): yellow-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
- 銀木犀 (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
- 木犀 (mokusei) the fragrant olive in general
- 桂花 (keika)
See also
-
木犀花 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Osmanthus fragrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia