下毛野しもつけの

noun

Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica)

Archaic name for the plant now commonly called シモツケ (下野). The form 下毛野 is historical and rarely used in modern Japanese.

See also: 下野 (しもつけ)

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、シモツケのことを「下毛野しもつけの」と記しるすことがある。

  In old documents, シモツケ is sometimes written as 下毛野.