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櫨: Japanese wax tree

Japanese wax tree
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Readings

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Read はぜ; its berries yield wax (櫨蝋), and its leaves turn bright red in autumn.

Key words

櫨はぜJapanese wax tree
櫨の木はぜのきJapanese wax tree
櫨蝋はぜろうJapan wax; sumac wax
夏櫨なつはぜOldham's blueberry (a shrub)

Example sentences

In autumn, the leaves of the wax tree in our garden turn bright red.

Japan wax was once widely used as a raw material for traditional Japanese candles.

By the mountain path, I found a natsuhaze shrub bearing small black berries.

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