Meanings
nounhinoki (countable and uncountable, plural hinoki or hinokis)
plural hinokis · alternative obsolete finoki
- countableuncountableA tree (species Chamaecyparis obtusa), the Japanese cypress.
The large hinokis are repotted every four to five years, while the smaller plants are repotted every two to three years.
1989, Arnold Arboretum, Peter Del Tredici, Early American Bonsai: The Larz Anderson Collection of the Arnold Arboretum, page 17 - countableuncountableThe wood of this tree.
Origin
From Japanese 檜(ひのき) (hinoki).
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