八重葎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	重	葎
や Grade: 1	え Grade: 3	むぐら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “eight-fold weed”, 八重(やえ) (yae, “eight fold”) + 葎(むぐら) (mugura, “weed that grow in disturbed soil”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠e̞mɯ̟ɡɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

八(や)重(え)葎(むぐら) or 八重葎(ヤエムグラ) • (yaemugura) 

1. a patch of thickly grown weedy plants
2. false cleavers, Galium spurium var. echinospermon

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 花八重葎(はなやえむぐら) (hanayaemugura)