シキビ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of シキビ – see the following entry.
【樒しきみ】H
[noun] Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves
[noun] synonym of 沈香 (jinkō, “agarwood”)
Alternative spellings
櫁, 梻, シキミ, しきび
(This term, シキビ (shikibi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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