Japanese

Noun

花糸 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 花絲, hiragana かし, romaji kashi, historical hiragana くわし)

1. (botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9