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.)