02:15 Apr 13, 2000 |
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4 | Birch, Betula maximowicziana |
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na -1 | maybe a color? |
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maybe a color? Explanation: Dear Asker Unfortunately I could not find the term in question. But I found something else. Although I am not at all sure, this will help, I offer you this information for reference and would be delighted, if this proved useful. My mother in law, born and raised in Hokkaido did not know this term. "Mejiro" usually refers to either a bird or a shark species. "Kaba", refers to a tree species as you correctly pointed out. Yet, "Kaba" is also an alternative term for "gama", also a plant, a bush = bulrush in English and this "gama" in turn serves as a sort of abbreviation for "gama iro" = "bulrush color", given in the dictionary as reddish yellow. Encyclopedia Britannica has also something interesting: papyrus: *************** bulrush bul.rush also bull.rush n [ME bulrysche] (15c): any of several large rushes or sedges growing in wetlands: as a: any of a genus of annual or perennial sedges (Scirpus, esp. S. lacustris) that bear solitary or much-clustered spikelets containing perfect flowers with a perianth of six bristles b Brit: either of two cattails (Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia) c: papyrus Sorry that I cannot offer more succinct help. Thomas Blasejewicz |
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Birch, Betula maximowicziana Explanation: There is a page which says that なお、北海道ではメジロカバと呼ばれるもの があるが、これは生育地の条件による成長の違 いから、辺材の割合が大きく、材が軟らかくて 樹皮も白っぽいものを指しているが、植物学的 にはマカバの中に含まれる。 There is also a tree called Mejirokaba in Hokkaido, which refers to a tree, which due to the conditions of its habitat, has a large proportion of sap wood, soft wood and whiteish bark. But botanically it is a member of the birch genus. Reference: http://www.wood.co.jp/kinokokoro/no06/makaba.htm Reference: http://www.fuchu.or.jp/~kagu/mokuzai/kaba.htm |
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