noun
Japanese blue oak; Lithocarpus glaber
A species of oak native to Japan; the name is usually written in kana.
シリブカガシは日本の照葉樹林に自生する。
The Japanese blue oak grows naturally in Japan's laurel forests.
Katakana spelling is common for plant names; usually written in kana.
Rarely used kanji form.
The name シリブカガシ is a compound of 尻 (shiri, 'buttocks/base'), 深 (fuka, 'deep'), and 樫 (kashi, 'oak'), but the exact derivation is uncertain.