茜葎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茜 葎
あかね
Jinmeiyō 		むぐら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “madder weed”, 茜(あかね) (akane, “madder, madder red”) + 葎(むぐら) (mugura, “plants which grow thickly in disturbed soil”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠ne̞mɯ̟ɡɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

茜(あかね)葎(むぐら) or 茜葎(アカネムグラ) • (akane mugura) 

  1. Rubia jesoensis, a species of madder

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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