n. The Japanese name of Elæagnus longipes, a bush that is now cultivated in the United States, prized both for its ornamental character and for the edible cranberry-like fruits.
Word Usage
""If Takayama is successfully prosecuted it will be devastating for the Yamaguchi-gumi, and could even spark a war for control of the organisation," said Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice: an American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan."