しゃくなげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
石楠花石南花

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃくなげ [shàkúnágé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝna̠ɡe̞]

Noun

シャクナゲ: Rhododendron degronianum subsp. heptamerum

しゃくなげ or シャクナゲ • (shakunage) ^{←しやくなげ (syakunage)^?}

various rhododendron species of the subgenus Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes

Usage notes

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

See also

躑躅(つつじ) (tsutsuji, “rhododendron”) (hypernym)
さつき (satsuki, “azalea”) (Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum)

References

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

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