noun
Leucothoe grayana; a species of ericaceous plant
A specific plant species in the Ericaceae family. The name literally means 'sneeze tree', referring to the use of its leaves to induce sneezing in traditional medicine.
ハナヒリノキは山地の湿地に生える常緑低木です。
Leucothoe grayana is an evergreen shrub that grows in mountainous wetlands.
昔、ハナヒリノキの葉を鼻に詰めてくしゃみを出させたそうです。
It is said that in the past, people stuffed leaves of Leucothoe grayana into their noses to induce sneezing.
The name ハナヒリノキ literally means 'sneeze tree', from 鼻 (hana, 'nose'), ひり (hiri, from ひる, 'to sneeze'), and 木 (ki, 'tree'). The plant's leaves were traditionally used to provoke sneezing.