gampi

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Noun

gampi

  1. A Japanese shrub of the genus Wikstroemia, some species of which have been used for making paper in Japan, including:
    1. Wikstroemia albiflora (miyama ganpi).
    2. Wikstroemia canescens, a south Asian plant
    3. Wikstroemia ganpi (ko ganpi)
    4. Wikstroemia kudoi (shakunan-ganpi), endemic to Kyushu (Yakushima)
    5. Wikstroemia pauciflora (sakura ganpi)
    6. Wikstroemia pseudoretusa (munin-aoganpi), endemic to the Ogasawara Islands
    7. Wikstroemia retusa (ao ganpi)
    8. Wikstroemia sikokiana (ganpi) (syn. Diplomorpha sikokiana) (ki ganpi)
    9. Wikstroemia trichotoma

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