牡

Meaning

牡 centers on the male sex of animals, especially livestock. It is used to indicate a male animal, contrasting with female counterparts.

• 牡蠣かき

  oyster; oyster shell

• 牡馬ぼば

  male horse

• 牡丹ぼたん

  tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan

• 牡鹿おじか

  buck (male deer)

• 冬牡丹ふゆぼたん

  tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony

• 天竺牡丹てんじくぼたん

  dahlia (Dahlia pinnata)

• 宝冠牡丹章ほうかんぼたんしょう

  Order of the Precious Crown, Peony

• 寒牡丹かんぼたん

  tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony

• 岩牡蠣いわがき

  Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)

• 松葉牡丹まつばぼたん

  moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)

• 毛牡蠣けがき

  spiny oyster (Saccostrea kegaki)

• 焼き牡蠣やきがき

  oysters cooked in the shell

• 牝牡ひんぼ

  male and female (animals)

• 牡丹刷毛ぼたんばけ

  kabuki brush (type of powder brush)

• 牡丹杏ぼたんきょう

  variety of Japanese plum

• 牡丹桜ぼたんざくら

  any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry

• 牡丹海老ぼたんえび

  botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)

• 牡丹皮ぼたんぴ

  peony root bark

• 牡丹色ぼたんいろ

  light crimson; scarlet tinged with purple

• 牡丹防風ぼたんぼうふう

  Peucedanum japonicum (species of umbellifer with edible leaves)

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