月桃

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Chinese

moon; month peach
simp. and trad.
(月桃)
anagram 桃月
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Pronunciation


Noun

月桃

  1. shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)

Synonyms

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げつ > げっ
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(げっ)(とう) or 月桃(ゲットウ) (gettōげったう (gettau)?

  1. shell ginger

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN