noun
keiskei fetterbush; doghobble
A plant species (Leucothoe keiskei) native to Japan. The name is usually written in katakana as イワナンテン.
イワナンテンは山地の岩場に生える常緑低木です。
Iwananten is an evergreen shrub that grows on rocky slopes in mountainous areas.
Katakana spelling is common for plant names; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant is almost always written in kana.
The name イワナンテン literally means 'rock nandina', from 岩 (iwa, 'rock') and 南天 (nanten, 'nandina'), referring to its resemblance to nandina and its rocky habitat.