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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
山茄子
- (chiefly traditional Chinese medicine) jimsonweed; thorn apple (Datura)
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
Literally, “mountain aubergine”, 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 茄子 (nasubi, “aubergine, eggplant”)
Pronunciation
Noun
山茄子 • (yamanasubi)
- Synonym of 朝鮮朝顔 (chōsen asagao, “devil's trumpet, Datura metel”)
- Synonym of 走野老 (hashidokoro, “Japanese belladonna, Scopolia japonica”)
- Synonym of 夏黄櫨 (natsu haze, “Vaccinium oldhamii”)
- (archaic) Synonym of 牡丹防風 (botan-bōfū, “coastal hog fennel, Peucedanum japonicum”)