Fagaceae

Japanese: Fagaceae
Fagaceae

...Furthermore, it is said that if beech nuts grow in abundance, many illegitimate children will be born, and that girls who bathe in a beech tree basin will grow up to be man-crazed. These may be related to fertility rituals, since in ancient times beech nuts were used to make sacrificial bread, and humans and livestock ate the nuts. [Yukio Taniguchi]
[Fagaceae]
Dicotyledonous plants. They include oak, chinquapin, chestnut, etc., and have about 700 species in eight genera.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さらに,ブナの実がたくさんできると私生児もたくさん生まれるといい,ブナの木のたらいで湯あみした女の子は長じて男狂いするといわれるのも,古くはブナの実から供犠のパンを作ったり,人間や家畜がその実を食べていたため,豊饒(ほうじよう)儀礼と関係するのであろう。【谷口 幸男】
【ブナ科Fagaceae】
 双子葉植物。コナラ,シイ,クリなどを含み,8属約700種を有する。…

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