菫草

Japanese
Kanji in this term
菫 草
すみれ
Jinmeiyō		 くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 菫 (sumire, “Violaceae”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

菫(すみれ)草(ぐさ) • (sumiregusa) 

  1. flowering plants of the Violaceae family

See also
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