ムラサキシキブ

Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of ムラサキシキブ – see the following entry.
【紫式部むらさきしきぶ】
[proper noun] Heian-period novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting; famous for authoring The Tale of Genji
[noun] the Japanese or East Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica
(This term, ムラサキシキブ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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