オトギリソウ目もく

also: おとぎりそうもく

Meanings

1

noun

Guttiferales; plant order Guttiferales

Botanical term for the plant order Guttiferales. Used in scientific and taxonomic contexts.

オトギリソウ目もくにはオトギリソウ科かなどが含ふくまれる。
The order Guttiferales includes families such as Clusiaceae.

grass, weeds, herbs

Written forms

オトギリソウ目もく
Standard katakana-kanji spelling for the plant order Guttiferales.
弟切草目おとぎりそうもく
Kanji spelling using the Japanese name for Hypericum erectum (弟切草). Rare in modern botanical contexts.
おとぎりそうもく

Etymology

Compound of オトギリソウ (otogirisō, 'Hypericum erectum') + 目 (moku, 'order'), a taxonomic rank. The name derives from the representative plant 弟切草 (otogirisō).