nandina

See also: Nandina

English

Flowering Nandina domestica

Etymology

A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

nandina (plural nandinas)

(botany) Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.

Usage notes

Not a true bamboo, which are in tribe Bambuseae in family Poaceae.

Translations

Nandina domestica

Chinese:
Mandarin: 南天竹 (zh) (nántiānzhú)
Finnish: nandina (fi)
Japanese: 南天 (ja) (ナンテン, nanten)
Portuguese: nandina f
Russian: нандина (домашняя) (nandina (domašnjaja))

Further reading

nandina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nandina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nandina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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