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鱗茎 (りんけい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鱗りん茎けい

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Meanings

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Botanical term for the underground storage organ of plants such as lilies, tulips, and onions.

チューリップは鱗りん茎けいから育そだちます。

Kanji

鱗scales (fish)
茎stalk, stem

Related words

球きゅう根こんN1
鱗茎 is the technical botanical term for a scaly bulb (like a lily's), while 球根 is the everyday word covering bulbs, corms, and similar underground storage organs.

Word family

Tulips grow from bulbs.

偽ぎ鱗りん茎けい

pseudobulb

鱗りん茎けい菜さい

bulbous vegetable

Etymology

From 鱗 (scale) + 茎 (stem), referring to the layered scale-like structure of a true bulb.