nandina

== English == === Etymology === A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪnə === Noun === nandina (plural nandinas) (botany) Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. ==== Usage notes ==== Not a true bamboo, which are in tribe Bambuseae in family Poaceae. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === nandina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nandina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Nandina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons