柊

ひいらぎ

Also written ヒイラギ, ひらぎ, 疼木, 柊木

Meanings

1. Noun holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly
2. holly (common mistranslation) See also: せいようひいらぎ.
3. spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis) (also written as 鮗)

Kanji

• 柊 holly. Read as ひいらぎ.

Words containing 柊

• 柊南天 (ひいらぎなんてん) Mahonia japonica
• 柊菜 (ひいらぎな) mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
• 柊鰯 (ひいらぎいわし) sardine and holly charm

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