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オトギリソウ目 (オトギリソウもく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

オトギリソウ目もく

also: おとぎりそうもく

Meanings

1

noun

Guttiferales; plant order Guttiferales

Botanical term for the plant order Guttiferales. Used in scientific and taxonomic contexts.

オトギリソウ目もくにはオトギリソウ科かなどが含ふくまれる。
The order Guttiferales includes families such as Clusiaceae.

Written forms

オトギリソウ目もく
Standard katakana-kanji spelling for the plant order Guttiferales.
弟切草目おとぎりそうもく
Kanji spelling using the Japanese name for Hypericum erectum (弟切草). Rare in modern botanical contexts.
おとぎりそうもく

Kanji

目eye, class, look
弟

younger brother, faithful service to elders

切cut, cutoff, be sharp

草grass, weeds, herbs

Etymology

Compound of オトギリソウ (otogirisō, 'Hypericum erectum') + 目 (moku, 'order'), a taxonomic rank. The name derives from the representative plant 弟切草 (otogirisō).