goumi; cherry silverberry
A deciduous shrub (Elaeagnus multiflora) that produces small red edible fruits in early summer. The name is usually written in kana.
I planted a goumi tree in the garden.
Goumi berries are sweet and sour and delicious.
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling using 茱萸 (gumi); rarely used in practice.
Alternate kanji spelling; very rare.
Compound of 夏 (natsu, 'summer') and 茱萸 (gumi, 'oleaster'), referring to its summer fruiting season. The exact origin of 'gumi' is uncertain, but it is a native Japanese word for plants of the Elaeagnus genus.