蛍袋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほたる
Grade: S
ふくろ > ぶくろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
螢袋 (kyūjitai)
 ホタルブクロ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Literally, firefly bag, (ほたる) (hotaru, firefly) + (ふくろ) (fukuro, bag). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほたる)(ぶくろ) or 蛍袋(ホタルブクロ) (hotarubukuro

  1. Campanula punctata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).