"梔子" meaning in Japanese

See 梔子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟t͡ɕina̠ɕi] Forms: 梔子 [canonical] (ruby: 梔子(くちなし)), 梔子 [canonical] (ruby: 梔子(クチナシ)), kuchinashi [romanization]
Etymology: Possibly an extension of 口無し (kuchinashi, literally “without a mouth”), from the absence of the fruit's cleaves even when ripe. The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi). Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|zh|梔子|nocap=1|sort=くちなし}} orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くちなし|クチナシ}} 梔子(くちなし) or 梔子(クチナシ) • (kuchinashi)
  1. the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides Synonyms: 山梔子, 薝蔔 (english: quite uncommon) Hypernyms:
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  2. (colloquial) short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: 梔子色 (extra: (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back)
    Sense id: en-梔子-ja-noun-WQ5MhX70 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 23 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 14 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro) (ruby: 梔子(くちなし), (いろ))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 梔子 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Chinese 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi) Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|zh|梔子|sort=しし}} Chinese 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし}} 梔(し)子(し) • (shishi)
  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) synonym of 山梔子 (sanshishi, “dried fruit of the Cape jasmine used in medicine”) Tags: Chinese, traditional Synonyms: 山梔子 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-梔子-ja-noun-u~PhGUmI Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Traditional Chinese medicine, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 23 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 24 14 14 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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