Japanese bittersweet
1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn: {Japan bittersweet}, {oriental bittersweet}, {Celastrus orbiculatus}, {Celastric artic...
Japanese black pine
1: large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog [syn: {black pine}, {Pinus thunbergii}]
Japanese brome
1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese chess}, {Bromus japonicus}]
Japanese capital
1: the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan [syn: {Tokyo}, {Tokio}, {Yeddo}, {Yedo}, {Edo}, {capital of Japan}]
Japanese carpet grass
1: lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States [syn: {Manila grass}, {Zoysia matrella}]
Japanese cedar
1: tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood [syn: {Japan cedar}, {sugi}, {Cryptomeria japonica}]
Japanese cherry
1: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms [syn: {oriental cherry}, {Japanese flowering cherry}, {Prunus serrulata}]
Japanese chess
1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese brome}, {Bromus japonicus}]
Japanese chestnut
1: a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk [syn: {Castanea crenata}]
japanese clover
1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States [syn: {japan clover}, {jap clover}, {Lespedeza striata}]
Japanese deer
1: small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers [syn: {sika}, {Cervus nipon}, {Cervus sika}]
Japanese flowering cherry
1: ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms [syn: {Prunus sieboldii}] 2: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties f...
Japanese honeysuckle
1: an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas [syn: {Lonicera japonica}]
Japanese hop
1: ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage [syn: {Humulus japonicus}]
Japanese iris
1: iris native to Japan having large showy flowers [syn: {Iris kaempferi}]
Japanese Islands
1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Archipelago}]
Japanese ivy
1: Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries [syn: {Boston ivy}, {Parthenocissus tricuspidata}]
Japanese lacquer tree
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese varnish tree}, {Japanese sumac}, {Toxicodendron ve...
Japanese lawn grass
1: lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States [syn: {Korean lawn grass}, {Zoysia japonica}]
Japanese leaf
1: erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves [syn: {Chinese evergreen}, {Aglaonema modestum}]
Japanese leek
1: Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions [syn: {Welsh onion}, {Allium fistulosum}]
Japanese lilac
1: lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers [syn: {Syringa villosa}]
Japanese lime
1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese linden}, {Tilia japonica}]
Japanese linden
1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese lime}, {Tilia japonica}]
Japanese maple
1: ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Acer palmatum}] 2: leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan [syn: {ful...
Japanese medlar
1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan [syn: {loquat}, {loquat tree}, {Japanese plum}, {Eriobotrya japonica}]
Japanese millet
1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States [syn: {billion-dollar grass}, {Japanese barnyard millet},...
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Japanese morning glory
1: annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers [syn: {Ipomoea nil}]
Japanese oak
1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Quercus mongolica}, {Quercus grosseserrata}] 2: small evergreen tree of China and Japan [syn: {Lithocarpus glabra}, {Lithocarpus glaber}]
Japanese oyster
1: a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay [syn: {Ostrea gigas}]
Japanese pagoda tree
1: handsome round-headed deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan [syn: {Chinese scholartree}, {Chinese scholar tree}, {S...
Japanese persimmon
1: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit [syn: {kaki}, {Diospyros kaki}]
Japanese pink
1: very free-flowering variety distinguished by jagged-edged petals [syn: {Dianthus chinensis heddewigii}]
Japanese plum
1: small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor [syn: {Prunus salicina}] 2: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow ...
Japanese poinsettia
1: showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru [syn: {mole plant}, {paint leaf}, {Euphorbia heterophylla}]
Japanese privet
1: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet [syn: {Ligustrum japonicum}]
Japanese quince
1: deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms [syn: {Chaenomeles speciosa}]
Japanese radish
1: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked [syn: {daikon}, {Raphanus sativus longipinnatus}]
Japanese Red Army
1: a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists; "in 1972 the Japanese R...
Japanese red pine
1: pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese table pine}, {Pinus densiflora}]
Japanese rose
1: vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock [syn: {multiflora}, {multiflora rose}, {baby rose}, {Rosa multiflora}]
Japanese spaniel
1: breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat
Japanese spurge
1: slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover [syn: {Pachysandra terminalis}]
Japanese stranglehold
1: a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe
Japanese sumac
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese lacquer tree}, {Japanese varnish tree}, {Toxicoden...
Japanese table pine
1: pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental [syn: {Japanese red pine}, {Pinus densiflora}]
Japanese tree lilac
1: small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers [syn: {Syringa reticulata}, {Syringa amurensis japonica}]
Japanese umbrella pine
1: tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs [syn: {Sciadopitys verticillata}]
Japanese varnish tree
1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {lacquer tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese lacquer tree}, {Japanese sumac}, {Toxicodendron ve...
Japanese wistaria
1: having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue [syn: {Wisteria floribunda}]
Japanese yew
1: shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States [syn: {Taxus cuspidata}]
jape
1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolb...
Japheth
1: (Old Testament) son of Noah
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