群生

• 読み: ぐんせい
• ローマ字: gunsei
• 漢字の分解: 群 (gun) — group, flock, swarm | 生 (sei) — life, growth
• 発音: /ɡɯɴ.seː/

意味

Growing in clusters; colony growth. The state of plants or organisms living and growing together in dense natural groups.

A noun (also used as a suru-verb, 群生する) describing the ecological phenomenon of species forming colonies or dense patches. Commonly used for wildflowers, reeds, bamboo, or seabirds. Suggests natural abundance and density. In botany, 群生 indicates species that grow socially rather than in isolation, and the sight of a 群生 is often celebrated as a seasonal spectacle.

例文

1. 湿地帯に一面のスイレンが群生し、夏の朝に花を開いていた。
2. 海岸の岩場にイソギンチャクが群生しているのが確認できた。
3. 山の斜面に群生するカタクリの花は、春の訪れを告げる風物詩だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: botany, ecology, nature writing, wildlife observation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 群 (gun, 'group, flock, swarm') and 生 (sei, 'life, birth, growth'). Together they describe the phenomenon of living things gathering and growing as a collective mass.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal