Where does “女郎花” come from?

女郎花 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

女郎花 (Japanese): yellow patrinia or golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia)

Definitions

  1. yellow patrinia or golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia)

Ancestry of “女郎花”, step by step

女郎花 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 女郎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女郎young woman; a prostitute; a whore; a bitch; a...
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