小米花

Literally, “crushed rice flower”, 小米(こごめ) (kogome, “tiny crushed up bits of rice”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡo̞me̞ba̠na̠]

小(こ)米(ごめ)花(ばな) • (kogomebana) 

1. synonym of 蜆花 (shijimibana, “Spiraea prunifolia”)
2. synonym of 雪柳 (yuki yanagi, “Spiraea thunbergii”)
3. synonym of 水蝋の樹 (ibota no ki, “Ligustrum obtusifolium”)