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イチヨウラン (いちようらん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

イチヨウラン

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Meanings

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Dactylostalix ringens; rigid Dactylostalix

usually written using kana alone

A species of orchid native to Japan and East Asia. Botanical term; not commonly encountered in daily conversation.

イチヨウランは山さん地ちの林りん床しょうに生はえる小ちいさな

ラン

です

。

Dactylostalix ringens is a small orchid that grows on forest floors in mountainous areas.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
葉leaf, plane, lobe
蘭orchid, Holland

Word family

コイチヨウラン
Ephippianthus schmidtii (orchid species)

Built from

一いち葉よう+蘭らん

Written forms

イチヨウラン
kana-only spelling
Usually written in katakana as a plant name; the kanji form 一葉蘭 is also used but less common.
一いち葉よう蘭らん
Kanji spelling; less common than the katakana form.

Etymology

The name 一葉蘭 (lit. 'one-leaf orchid') refers to the plant's single leaf. The exact derivation is uncertain.