つめくさ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つめくさ – see the following entries.

【爪草】 [noun] Sagina japonica Alternative spelling ツメクサ

【詰草】 [noun] [from 1884] clover: short for 白詰草 (shiro tsumekusa, “white clover”), or short for 赤詰草 (aka tsumekusa, “red clover (Trifolium pratense)”) Alternative spelling ツメクサ

(This term, つめくさ (tsumekusa), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)