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木犀： 金木犀

Etymology

From Sinitic 木犀.

Noun

木犀 ‎(hiragana もくせい, katakana モクセイ, romaji mokusei)

1. Osmanthus fragrans, variously called the sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, or fragrant olive: an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Oleaceae family, native to Asia

Derived terms

• 木犀花 (もくせいか) ‎(mokuseika): the flower of the fragrant olive
• 金木犀 (きんもくせい) ‎(kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 銀木犀 (ぎんもくせい) ‎(ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive

See also

• 丹桂 (たんけい) ‎(tankei): golden osmanthus (osmanthus fragrans)
• 桂花 (けいか) ‎(keika): the orange-blooming variety of Osmanthus fragrans; the flower of the orange-blooming variety