ikebana

[ ik-uh-bah-nuh; Japanese ee-ke-bah-nah ]

noun
  1. the Japanese art of arranging flowers.

Origin of ikebana

1
First recorded in 1900–05; from Japanese, equivalent to ike(y) “to make live,” causative of ik- “live” (from unattested ika-i ) + -bana combining form of hana “flower” (earlier fana, from unattested pana )

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British Dictionary definitions for ikebana

ikebana

/ (ˌiːkəˈbɑːnə) /


noun
  1. the Japanese decorative art of flower arrangement

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