ぼたん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼたん – see the following entries.

【ボタン】 [noun] [from 1651] a button (clothing) [noun] [from 1885] a button (mechanical device) Alternative spellings 釦, 鈕

【牡丹】 [noun] a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of peony petals and twigs [noun] (historical) boar meat [noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of June [proper noun] a place name [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling ボタン

(This term, ぼたん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)