カキツバタ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カキツバタ – see the following entry.
かきつばた
[noun] a rabbit-ear iris (Iris laevigata)
[noun] (card games, hanafuda) The suit of iris in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of May and the number five.
Alternative spellings
杜若, 燕子花
(This term, カキツバタ (kakitsubata), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)