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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgai
しょう > じょう
Hyōgai
はかま > ばかま
Jinmeiyō
goon kun'yomi
 ショウジョウバカマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Literally, orangutan hakama, compound of 猩々(しょうじょう) (shōjō, orangutan) + (はかま) (hakama, hakama- traditional Japanese trousers). The hakama changes to bakama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

(しょう)(じょう)(ばかま) or 猩々袴(ショウジョウバカマ) (shōjōbakama

  1. Oriental swamp pink, Heloniopsis orientalis

Usage notes

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