"大和撫子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠ma̠to̞ na̠de̞ɕiko̞] Forms: 大和撫子 [canonical] (ruby: 大和(やまと), (なでし), ()), yamato nadeshiko [romanization]
Etymology: From 大和(やまと) (Yamato) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|大和|^やまと|撫子|なでしこ}} 大和(やまと) (Yamato) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko) Head templates: {{ja-noun|やまと なでしこ}} 大和(やまと)撫(なでし)子(こ) • (yamato nadeshiko)
  1. synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”). Synonyms: 撫子 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-大和撫子-ja-noun-Tq49sVHQ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Carnation family plants, Stock characters Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 85 15 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 55 45
  2. Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.
    Sense id: en-大和撫子-ja-noun-YDMa1AJ4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Stock characters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 55 45
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