Etymology

suiseki

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Today it means: A Japanese artform in which attractively shaped rocks and stones are mounted and displayed. Full definition →

Japanese 水石
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from水石
  2. English todaysuiseki

From Japanese 水石 (suiseki, literally “water stone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.