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硬葉樹林 (kouyoujurin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Vast sclerophyll forests stretch across Australia.
Sclerophyll forests are vegetation adapted to dry summers.
Related words 照しょう 葉よう 樹じゅ 林りん 照葉樹林 (laurel forest) refers to broad-leaved evergreen forests in warm, humid regions, while 硬葉樹林 is adapted to drier, Mediterranean-type climates with hard, small leaves.
硬こう 葉よう 樹じゅ 硬葉樹 is the individual sclerophyllous tree, while 硬葉樹林 refers to the forest as a whole.
Etymology Compound of 硬葉 (こうよう, 'hard leaf') + 樹林 (じゅりん, 'forest'). The term is a direct calque from Western botanical terminology.