Japan and its people live and die with their nature and flowers.
Ajisai, or Hydrangea in the European adapted version,
belongs to the traditional summer flowers of Japan.
Its botanical name is Hydrangea macrophylla.
It is said to stand for:
heartlessness 冷酷
boastfulness 高慢
coldheartedness 冷たい人
Ajisai, or Hydrangea in the European adapted version,
belongs to the traditional summer flowers of Japan.
Its botanical name is Hydrangea macrophylla.
It is said to stand for:
heartlessness 冷酷
boastfulness 高慢
coldheartedness 冷たい人
花名の由来アジサイは「藍色が集まったもの」を意味する
「あづさい(集真藍)」が語源といわれます。
The word AJISAI has the etymologic meaning of
"an agglomeration of indigo blue"
英名のハイドランジア(Hydrangea)は、ギリシア語の「水の器」を意味する言葉を語源とします。The English name "Hydrangea" comes from
from ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) and ἄγγος (ángos, “jar”) after the shape of its fruits.
Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).
「あづさい(集真藍)」が語源といわれます。
The word AJISAI has the etymologic meaning of
"an agglomeration of indigo blue"
英名のハイドランジア(Hydrangea)は、ギリシア語の「水の器」を意味する言葉を語源とします。The English name "Hydrangea" comes from
from ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) and ἄγγος (ángos, “jar”) after the shape of its fruits.
Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).
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