バショウ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of バショウ – see the following entry.
芭蕉ばしょう
[noun] Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
[noun] short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
[proper noun] short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet
(This term, バショウ (bashō), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)