梯姑

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Cognate with Okinawan 梯梧 (dīgu).

• (Tokyo) でーご [dèégó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [de̞ːɡo̞]

梯(でい)姑(ご) or 梯姑(デイゴ) • (deigo) 

1. Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata
   • 1992, Kazufumi Miyazawa, “Shima Uta [Island Song]”, performed by The Boom, published 1993:

     でいごの花(はな)が咲(さ)き　風(かぜ)を呼(よ)び嵐(あらし)が来(き)た

     deigo no hana ga saki kaze o yobi arashi ga kita

     The coral flowers bloom, the winds call, [and] the storm has come.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as デイゴ (deigo).

• アメリカ梯(デイ)姑(ゴ) (Amerika deigo)

• 海(かい)紅(こう)豆(ず) (kaikōzu)

• “^▲梯^▲姑”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025