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鱗茎 (りんけい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鱗りん茎けい

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Meanings

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noun

botany

Botanical term for the underground storage organ of plants such as lilies, tulips, and onions.

チューリップは鱗りん茎けいから育そだちます。
Tulips grow from bulbs.

Kanji

鱗scales (fish)
茎stalk, stem

Similar words

球きゅう根こん
球根 is a broader term for any underground storage organ (bulb, corm, tuber, rhizome), while 鱗茎 specifically refers to true bulbs with layered scales.

Etymology

From 鱗 (scale) + 茎 (stem), referring to the layered scale-like structure of a true bulb.