四し手での木き

noun

loose-flowered hornbeam

A deciduous tree native to Japan and East Asia. The name 四手の木 (しでのき) refers to the shape of the bracts resembling 四手 (shide), the zigzag paper streamers used in Shinto rituals. Rare term; usually written in kana.

See also: 赤四手

• しでのきは山さん地ちに自じ生せいする落らく葉よう樹じゅです。

  The loose-flowered hornbeam is a deciduous tree that grows naturally in mountainous areas.

• 四し手での木きという名な前まえは、その苞ほうの形かたちが神しん道とうの四し手でに似にていることに由ゆ来らいします。

  The name 四手の木 comes from the shape of its bracts, which resemble the shide paper streamers used in Shinto.