Where does “時計草” come from?

時計草 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

時計草 (Japanese): a Passion flower

Definitions

  1. a Passion flower

Ancestry of “時計草”, step by step

時計草 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—

via Japanese 時計

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時計a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
2Middle Chinese土圭—

Words derived from “時計草”

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