noun
male plant; androecious plant
Botanical term for a male individual of a dioecious woody plant; contrasts with 女木 (めぎ, female plant).
See also: 女木
このイチョウは雄木なので実がならない。
This ginkgo is a male tree, so it doesn't bear fruit.
noun
tenon; male part of a joint
In traditional Japanese woodworking, the protruding part of a joint that fits into a mortise (女木, めぎ).
See also: 女木
雄木を女木に差し込んで固定する。
Insert the tenon into the mortise and secure it.
Female plant (botany) or mortise (woodworking); the complementary term to 雄木.
Compound of 雄 (お, 'male') + 木 (き, 'tree/wood'), with rendaku voicing of き to ぎ.