[たまぐし;たまくし(玉串;玉籤)(ok), tamagushi ; tamakushi ( tama kushi ; tama kuji )(ok)] (n) (1) branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering); (2) (See 榊・1) sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)