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1. aucuba, n. View full entry 1819
...A well-known hardy evergreen diœcious shrub (Aucuba Japonica, family Cornaceæ), with laurel-like leaves usually blotched with pale yellow, grown for ornamental purposes....
2. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
3. ikebana, n. View full entry 1901
...The art of Japanese flower arrangement in which flowers are formally displayed according to strict rules, sometimes with other natural objects....
4. kikyo, n. View full entry 1884
...A local name for Platycodon grandiflorum, a herbaceous perennial of the family Campanulaceæ, native to China and Japan; the Chinese bell-flower....
5. kudzu, n. View full entry 1893
...In full, kudzu vine. A perennial climbing plant, Pueraria thunbergiana (or P. lobata), of the family Leguminosæ, native to China and Japan, and cultivated...
6. moutan, n. View full entry 1808
...The tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa, a large shrub bearing white or pink magenta-blotched flowers, which is native to China and Bhutan and from which are derived many cultivated varieties, producing...
7. nandin, n. View full entry 1890
...The celestial bamboo or nandina (cf. Nandina)....
8. Ramanas rose, n. View full entry 1876
...The hardy shrub rose Rosa rugosa, native to East Asia but now widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere; also called Japanese rose. See rugosa...
9. rice bowl, n. View full entry 1828
...A bowl out of which rice is eaten....
10. rikka, n. View full entry 1889
...A style of traditional Japanese flower arranging, typified by large arrangements intended to evoke landscape or the splendour of nature; (occas.) a flower arrangement in this style. Cf. Nageire...
11. sasanqua, n. View full entry 1866
...An evergreen shrub, Camellia sasanqua, belonging to the family Theaceæ, native to Japan, and bearing fragrant white or pink flowers and seeds yielding an edible oil also used in the...
12. tan, n.3 View full entry 1871
...A Japanese unit of arable land or forest, equal to 300 bu; in modern use equivalent to approximately 0·245 acres (9·92 ares)....
13. taungya, n. View full entry 1876
...A temporary hillside clearing. Usu. attrib., designating a method of shifting cultivation practised in Burma (Myanmar), and a system of forest management based on this (see quot. 1938)...
14. tulip, n. View full entry 1578
...A bulbous plant of the genus Tulipa (N.O. Liliaceæ), esp. the species T. Gesneriana, introduced from Turkey into Western Europe in the 16th c., and since...
15. Wagyu, n. View full entry 1963
...A breed of cattle of Japanese origin, from which is obtained tender marbled beef typically containing a high percentage of unsaturated fat; an animal of this type. Also: the beef obtained from...
16. yulan, n. View full entry 1822
...A Chinese species of magnolia, M. conspicua (M. Yulan)....
17. Zen, n. View full entry 1727
...A school of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasizes meditation and personal awareness and became influential in Japanese life from the 13th century after being introduced from China....
