Japanese

金木犀 (kinmokusei): The sweet osmanthus, with orange blossoms.

Noun

金木犀 ‎(hiragana きんもくせい, katakana キンモクセイ, romaji kinmokusei)

1. The orange-blooming variety of the sweet or fragrant olive, Osmanthus fragrans.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as キンモクセイ.

See also

• 丹桂 (たんけい) ‎(tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
• 銀木犀 (ぎんもくせい) ‎(ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 木犀 (もくせい) ‎(mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
• 桂花 (けいか) ‎(keika)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9