Japanese

Noun

波布草 ‎(hiragana はぶそう, katakana ハブソウ, romaji habusō, historical hiragana はぶさう)

1. coffee senna

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ハブソウ.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3