山椒藻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山 椒 藻
さん
Grade: 1 		しょう
Hyōgai 		も
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

山椒(さんしょう) (sanshō, “Japanese pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum”) + 藻(も) (mo, “alga, seaweed”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːmo̞]

Noun

山(さん)椒(しょう)藻(も) or 山椒藻(サンショウモ) • (sanshōmo) 

  1. floating fern, Salvinia natans

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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