ツクシシャクナゲ

noun

Tsukushi rhododendron

A variety of Rhododendron metternichii native to the Tsukushi region (northern Kyushu). Botanical term; in everyday contexts, usually referred to by the katakana name.

• ツクシシャクナゲは九きゅう州しゅう北ほく部ぶの山さん地ちに自じ生せいする。

  Tsukushi rhododendron grows wild in the mountains of northern Kyushu.

• 庭にわにツクシシャクナゲを植うえた。

  I planted a Tsukushi rhododendron in the garden.