木犀花

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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.

Etymology

木犀(もくせい) (mokusei, “fragrant olive”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”)

Noun

木(もく)犀(せい)花(か) • (mokuseika) 

  1. the flowers of the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans).

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