蝿毒草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝿	毒	草
はえ Hyōgai	どく Grade: 5	そう Grade: 1
kun'yomi	goon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
蠅毒草 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 蝿(はえ) (hae, “fly”) + 毒草(どくそう) (dokusō, “poisonous plant”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はえどくそー [hàédókúsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞do̞kɯ̟so̞ː]

Noun

蝿(はえ)毒(どく)草(そう) or 蝿毒草(ハエドクソウ) • (haedokusō) ^{←はへどくさう (fafedokusau)^?}

lopseed, Phryma nana

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ハエドクソウ (haedokusō).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN