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鬼灯
鬼灯
Japanese
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鬼灯 (hōzuki): the Chinese lantern plant, showing the fruit in its distinctive husk.
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鬼 | 灯 |
Grade: S | Grade: 4 |
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Alternative forms
Noun
鬼灯 (hiragana ほおずき, katakana ホオズキ, romaji hōzuki, historical hiragana ほおづき)
- Physalis alkekengi
- Vernacular names include the Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, bladder cherry, winter cherry, husk tomato, and the strawberry groundcherry.
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ホオズキ.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan