枸杞 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

| | | (willow); name of a feudal state | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | simp. and trad.(枸杞) | | | | alternative forms | 枸檵枸忌 | |

wolfberry

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “any connection to Persian گوجه?”)



枸杞

  1. Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum)

Others:

Kanji in this term
Hyōgai Hyōgai
on'yomi

クコ on Japanese Wikipedia

枸()杞() or 枸杞(クコ) (kuko)

  1. goji berry, wolfberry

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Hanja in this term

枸杞 (gugi) (hangeul 구기)

  1. hanja form? of 구기 (“Chinese wolfberry”)