シマトネリコ

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Meanings

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noun

Himalayan ash; Griffith's ash; Fraxinus griffithii

usually written using kana alone

A species of ash tree native to Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, often planted as a street or garden tree in warmer parts of Japan. The name is usually written in katakana.

庭にわにシマトネリコを植うえた。
I planted a Himalayan ash in the garden.

シマトネリコは常じょう緑りょくの高こう木ぼくです。

The Himalayan ash is an evergreen tall tree.

Kanji

島island
土soil, earth, ground
禰ancestral shrine
利profit, advantage, benefit
古old
梣ash (tree)

Related words

トネリコ
トネリコ is the Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica), a deciduous tree native to Japan, while シマトネリコ is a different, evergreen species from warmer regions.

Written forms

シマトネリコ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this plant name; usually written in kana.
島しま梣とねりこ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 梣 (ash tree).
島しま土と禰ね利り古こ
rarely-used kanji form
Very rare ateji spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 島 (shima, 'island') and トネリコ (tone-riko, 'ash tree'), referring to an ash species from the southern islands. The exact derivation of トネリコ is uncertain, but it is a native Japanese word for ash trees.