noun
Chinese fan palm
Refers to the palm species Livistona chinensis. The word is usually written in kana.
庭にびろうの木を植えた。
I planted a Chinese fan palm in the garden.
Rare kanji spelling; also read びりょう. The reading あじまさ is obsolete.
Rare kanji spelling; also read ほき.
The origin is uncertain; the word is a native Japanese name for the plant. The kanji 檳榔 and 蒲葵 are borrowed from Chinese and are rarely used.