白玉椿

白玉椿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	玉	椿
しら Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1	つばき Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠ma̠ t͡sɨᵝba̠kʲi]

Noun

白玉椿: a white camellia being fed upon by a Japanese white-eye (メジロ, Zosterops japonicus)

白玉椿(しらたまつばき) • (shiratama tsubaki) 

1. a white-flowered camellia, Camellia japonica

See also

• 白玉(しらたま) (shiratama, “white gem”)
• 椿(つばき) (tsubaki, “camellia”)