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アオイ科 (アオイか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アオイ科か

also: あおいか

Meanings

1

noun

Malvaceae; mallow family

Botanical term for the family of mallows, including plants like hibiscus and okra.

ハイビスカスはアオイ科かの植しょく物ぶつです。
Hibiscus is a plant of the Malvaceae family.

Written forms

アオイ科か
Standard katakana-kanji spelling for the plant family name.
葵あおい科か
Kanji spelling using 葵; less common in modern botanical contexts.
あおいか

Kanji

科department, course, section
葵hollyhock

Etymology

Compound of アオイ (mallow) and 科 (family, taxonomic rank).