山茄子

Chinese

mountain; hill eggplant; aubergine; tomato
trad. (山茄子) 茄子
simp. #(山茄子) 茄子

Pronunciation


Noun

山茄子

  1. (chiefly traditional Chinese medicine) jimsonweed; thorn apple (Datura)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
なすび
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
kun'yomi jukujikun

Etymology

Literally, mountain aubergine, (やま) (yama, mountain) + 茄子(なすび) (nasubi, aubergine, eggplant)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠na̠sɨbʲi]

Noun

(やま)茄子(なすび) • (yamanasubi

  1. synonym of 朝鮮朝顔 (chōsen asagao, devil's trumpet, Datura metel)
  2. synonym of 走野老 (hashidokoro, Japanese belladonna, Scopolia japonica)
  3. synonym of 夏黄櫨 (natsu haze, Vaccinium oldhamii)
  4. (archaic) synonym of 牡丹防風 (botan-bōfū, coastal hog fennel, Peucedanum japonicum)