桜草

Japanese
桜草 (sakurasō): a primrose plant.
Kanji in this term
桜 草
さくら
Grade: 5		 そう
Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 桜 (さくら) (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 草 (そう) (sō, “grass”).

Pronunciation

Noun

桜草 (hiragana さくらそう, katakana サクラソウ, rōmaji sakurasō, historical hiragana さくらさう)

  1. a primrose, specifically the Japanese primrose, Primula sieboldii

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as サクラソウ.

Compounds

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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