菫草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菫	草
すみれ Jinmeiyō	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 菫 (sumire, “Violaceae”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

菫草 (hiragana すみれぐさ, rōmaji sumiregusa)

flowering plants of the Violaceae family

See also

菫 (すみれ) (sumire)

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