Etymology

giboshi

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Today it means: The hosta or plantain lily. Full definition →

Japanese 擬宝珠
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from擬宝珠
  2. English todaygiboshi

From Japanese 擬宝珠 (gibōshi, literally “false pearl”), from 擬 + 宝珠.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.