蝿毒草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝿	毒	草
はえ Hyōgaiji	どく Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 蝿 (hae, “fly”) +‎ 毒草 (dokusō, “poisonous plant”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はえどくそー [hàédókúsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞do̞kɯ̟ᵝso̞ː]

Noun

蝿毒草 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 蠅毒草, hiragana はえどくそう, katakana ハエドクソウ, rōmaji haedokusō, historical hiragana はへどくさう)

lopseed

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ハエドクソウ.

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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