木き立だち百ひゃく里り香こう

Meanings

thyme (plant)

rare term

Rare Japanese name for the thyme plant; in practice, the loanword タイム is used almost exclusively. This term may appear in older botanical texts or as a literal kanji rendering.

Kanji

木tree, wood
立stand up, rise, set up
百hundred
里ri, village, parent's home
香incense, smell, perfume

Related words

タイム
The standard modern Japanese word for thyme, a loanword from English. 木立ち百里香 is a rare, literal kanji name for the same plant.

Written forms

木き立だち百ひゃく里り香こう
Rare kanji spelling for the plant thyme; the katakana form タイム is overwhelmingly more common.
木き立だち百ひゃく里り香こう
Variant kanji spelling, also rare.
キダチヒャクリコウ
kana-only spelling
Katakana reading form; included as a search aid, but the plant is normally called タイム.

Etymology

A Japanese-coined kanji compound: 木立ち (stand of trees) + 百里香 (hundred-li fragrance), likely a descriptive name for the thyme plant. The exact origin is uncertain.