IKEBANA


Meaning of IKEBANA in English

/ik'euh bah"neuh/ ; Japn. /ee"ke bah"nah/ , n.

the Japanese art of arranging flowers.

[ 1900-05; ike ( y ) to make live, causative of ik- live ( ika-i ) + -bana comb. form of hana flower (earlier fana pana ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .