A Japanese style of floral arrangement in which flowers are displayed in a simple, apparently casual way, usually in tall vases.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Japanese nageire, nominalized form of nage-ireru to throw into from nage-, combining stem of nageru to throw + ireru to put in.
Definition of nageire in US English:
nageire
nounˌnaɡɪˈɪri
A Japanese style of floral arrangement in which flowers are displayed in a simple, apparently casual way, usually in tall vases.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Japanese nageire, nominalized form of nage-ireru to throw into from nage-, combining stem of nageru to throw + ireru to put in.