木犀

木犀

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 木犀 – see 木樨 (“sweet osmanthus; etc.”). (This term, 木犀, is a variant form of 木樨.)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	犀
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

木犀： 金木犀

Etymology

From Sinitic 木犀.

Noun

木犀 (hiragana もくせい, katakana モクセイ, rōmaji 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 (たん)桂 (けい) (tankei): golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
• 桂 (けい)花 (か) (keika): the orange-blooming variety of Osmanthus fragrans; the flower of the orange-blooming variety