Where does “shii tree” come from?

shii tree (English) comes from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

shii tree (English): A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern...

Definitions

  1. A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern...

Ancestry of “shii tree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseany tree of the genus "Castanopsis"
Every word from Japanese
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