幌向苺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幌 向 苺
ほろ
Jinmeiyō 		むい
Grade: 3 		いちご
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

From 幌向(ほろむい) (horomui, “Horomui, in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido”) + 苺(いちご) (ichigo, “strawberry”), in reference to its discovery there.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほろむいいちご [hòrómúííꜜchìgò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾo̞mɯ̟iːt͡ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

幌(ほろ)向(むい)苺(いちご) or 幌向苺(ホロムイイチゴ) • (horomui ichigo) 

  1. cloudberry, bakeapple (Rubus chamaemorus)
    Synonym: クラウドベリー

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホロムイイチゴ (horomuīchigo).

References

  1. ^ “森林総合研究所／自然探訪2010年10月 ホロムイイチゴ”, in 国立研究開発法人 森林研究・整備機構‎[1] (in Japanese), 2010
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