ぶな
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
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| 橅 (rare) 山毛欅 (rare) 椈 (rare) |
Pronunciation
Noun
ぶな • (buna)
- 橅, 山毛欅, 椈:[2] Japanese beech
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブナ (buna).
Derived terms
- 犬橅 (inubuna): Japanese beech (Fagus japonica)
- ブナ科 (bunaka): Fagaceae
- ブナ目 (bunamoku): Fagales
- ブナ属 (bunazoku): Fagus
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “ブナ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984