柊黐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柊	黐
ひいらぎ Jinmeiyō	もち Hyōgaiji
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”‎).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひいらぎもち [hìírágíꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA^(key): [çiːɾa̠ɡʲimo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

柊黐 (hiragana ひいらぎもち, katakana ヒイラギモチ, rōmaji hiiragimochi, historical hiragana ひひらぎもち, historical katakana ヒヒラギモチ)

Synonym of 西洋柊 (seiyō hiiragi): Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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