かきつばた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かきつばた – see the following entry.
【杜若】
[noun] a rabbit-ear iris (Iris laevigata)
[noun] (card games, hanafuda) The suit of iris in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of May and the number five.
Alternative spellings
燕子花, カキツバタ
(This term, かきつばた (kakitsubata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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