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Hibakujumoku

A Eucalyptus melliodora tree at the site of Hiroshima Castle, 740 m from the hypocenter. The tree survived the atomic bombing, while the castle was destroyed.

Hibakujumoku (Japanese: 被爆樹木; also called survivor tree or A-bombed tree in English) is a Japanese term for a tree that survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The term is from Japanese: 被爆, romanized: hibaku, lit. 'bombed, A-bombed, nuked'[1] and Japanese: 樹木, romanized: jumoku, lit. 'trees and shrubs'.[2]

  1. ^ "被爆 - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ^ "樹木 - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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