柊黐

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
柊 黐
ひいらぎ
Jinmeiyō 		もち
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 柊(ヒイラギ) (hiiragi, “holly osmanthus”) + 黐(モチ) (mochi, short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki), “Ilex integra, mochi tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

柊(ひいらぎ)黐(もち) or 柊黐(ヒイラギモチ) • (hiiragi mochi) ←ひひらぎもち (fifiragimoti) or ヒヒラギモチ (fifiragimoti)?

  1. synonym of 西洋柊 (seiyō hiiragi): Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒイラギモチ.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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