Etymology

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Today it means: The Japanese art of flower arrangement. Full definition →

Japanese 生け花
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from生け花
  2. English todayikebana

From Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, literally “living flowers”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.