noun
Rare botanical name for Rhododendron indicum, the satsuki azalea. In everyday Japanese, the plant is called サツキ or 皐月.
See also: サツキ
「映山紅」はサツキの漢名の一つとされる。
映山紅 is considered one of the Chinese-derived names for the satsuki azalea.
The term 映山紅 is a Chinese-derived name for the azalea, literally meaning 'mountain-reflecting red'. Its exact historical adoption into Japanese is uncertain, but it appears in classical botanical contexts.