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コロラドビャクシン (コロラドびゃくしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

コロラドビャクシン

Meanings

1

noun

Rocky Mountain juniper

usually written using kana alone

A species of juniper native to western North America; used in horticulture and landscaping in Japan.

庭にわにコロラドビャクシンを植うえた。
I planted a Rocky Mountain juniper in the garden.

Written forms

コロラドビャクシン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
コロラド柏びゃく槇しん
Kanji spelling using 柏槇 for びゃくしん; rarely used in practice.
コロラド柏びゃく槙しん
Variant kanji spelling with 柏槙; even less common.

Kanji

柏oak, cypress
槇

twig, Chinese black pine

槙twig, ornamental evergreen

Similar words

ビャクシン
ビャクシン is the general term for juniper; コロラドビャクシン specifies the Rocky Mountain species.

Etymology

From コロラド (Colorado) + ビャクシン (juniper), referring to its native range in the Rocky Mountains.