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弟切草
おとぎりそうオトギリソウ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)



History:
3. A 2010-12-20 02:53:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-12-18 19:29:55  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
please see "guidelines" here for submitting biological names:
http://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Editorial_policy#Names_of_biological_spe
cies
  Comments:
there are multiple species of 'st. john's wort'.  this isn't the one that is usually 
meant in english
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +8,3 @@
+<reb>おとぎりそう</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -9,0 +12,1 @@
+<re_nokanji/>
@@ -12,1 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>St. John's wort (Hypericum erectum), a traditional medicinal herb</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<gloss>Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)</gloss>
1. A* 2010-12-18 19:12:43  Leonardo Boiko <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/弟切草
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypericum
  Comments:
Seems to be written in katakana more often than hiragana (or 
kanji).

Edict already has オトギリソウ科、 the family (=Clusiaceae).  
It was missing the species name itself, and also オトギリソウ
属 (genus = Hypericum) and オトギリソウ目 (order = 
Guttiferales), which I'll submit in a moment.

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