木犀花

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 (“fragrant olive”) +‎ 花 (“flower”)

Noun

木犀花 (hiragana もくせいか, rōmaji mokuseika)

(botany) The flowers of the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans).

Coordinate terms

金木犀 (きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): yellow-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
銀木犀 (ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
木犀 (もくせい) (mokusei) the fragrant olive in general
桂 (けい)花 (か) (keika)

See also

木犀花 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Osmanthus fragrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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