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Japanese
Etymology
Literally, “tiger's tail”, 虎 (tora, “tiger”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 尾 (o, “tail”)
Pronunciation
Noun
虎の尾 • (tora no o)
- Synonym of 岡虎の尾 (oka tora no o, “gooseneck loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides”)
- Synonym of 虎の尾羊歯 (tora no o shida, “Asplenium incisum”)
- Synonym of 虎の尾桜 (tora no o zakura, “a cultivar of cherry tree”)
- Synonym of 山蘇鉄 (yama sotetsu, “Plagiogyria matsumureana”)
- Synonym of 瑠璃虎の尾 (ruri tora no o, “azure speedwell, Veronica subsessilis”)
- Synonym of 九蓋草 (kugaisō, “Veronicastrum japonicum”)
- Synonym of 天南星 (tennanshō, “plants of genus Arisaema”)
- Synonym of 杉蘭 (sugiran, “Phlegmariurus cryptomerinus, a species of clubmoss”)
- Synonym of 犬粟 (inuawa, “Setaria chondrachne”)
- Synonym of 海虎の尾 (umi tora no o, “Sargassum thunbergii”)
Derived terms