ryoboku

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noun

A Japanese style of aquarium aquascaping that focuses on wood being the main hardscape material; (countable) an aquascape in this style.

“Coordinate term: Iwagumi”

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Meanings

ryoboku1

nounryoboku (countable and uncountable)
  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Ryoboku.

Ryoboku2

nounRyoboku (countable and uncountable)

alternative ryoboku

  1. uncountableA Japanese style of aquarium aquascaping that focuses on wood being the main hardscape material; (countable) an aquascape in this style.

    Coordinate term: Iwagumi

    3 more examples

    I've been drooling over the ryoboku look and my goal was to have roots running through stones like you might see at the waters edge.

    2019 October 23, Btanders, “UNS 90B (12 gal long) Ryoboku, first time doing CO2, ideas welcome”, in plantedtank.net, archived from the original on 03 May 2025

    This is an^([sic]) good example of a Ryoboku - an aquascaping style that makes use of wood pieces composed with bunched plants for volume.

    2024 February 12, “Hiep Hong | Nature Style”, in 2hraquarist.com, archived from the original on 03 May 2025

    In the ryoboku style, Taxiphyllum barbieri or Java moss (Fig. 10) is preferred to cover woods and tree roots.

    2023 October 29, AQUASCAPING AND WATERSCAPES AS AN UNDERWATER LANDSCAPE ART, page 13

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 流木(りゅうぼく) (ryūboku, “driftwood”).

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APA

ryoboku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryoboku

MLA

“ryoboku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryoboku. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ryoboku,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryoboku.

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