violet

Japanese: violet
violet

…In Japan, 54 species are known, as well as many subspecies, varieties, and cultivars. Many natural hybrids are seen in the wild, and most of them bloom in spring. In Japan, violets are customarily written as 菫村, but in China the genus Viola is called 菫村菜 (kinsai), and in English it is called violet. Both are generic names, probably the result of the recognition that the members of the Violet family are in the same group, despite their different shapes. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "violet" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本には54種のほか,多くの亜種,変種,品種などが知られ,また多くの自然雑種が野外で見られ,ほとんどが春咲きである。スミレは日本では慣用として〈菫〉と書かれるが,中国ではスミレ属を〈菫菜(きんさい)〉と呼び,英語ではvioletと呼ばれる。いずれも総称的な名まえで,スミレの仲間が形こそ違うが,同じ群であるという認識の結果であろう。…

※「violet」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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