クチナシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of クチナシ – see the following entry.
梔子くちなし
[noun] the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides
[noun] (colloquial) short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back
Alternative spellings
巵子, 山梔子
(This term, クチナシ (kuchinashi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)