藪手毬

Literally, “thicket ball”, compound of 藪(やぶ) (yabu, “thicket, grove”) + 手毬(てまり) (temari, “temari, hand ball”). The temari changes to demari as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

藪(やぶ)手(で)毬(まり) or 藪手毬(ヤブデマリ) • (yabudemari) 

1. Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• “^▲藪手^▲毬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025