also: ふかみくさ
noun
Refers specifically to Paeonia suffruticosa, the tree peony. The word is usually written in kana. Cross-referenced with 牡丹 (ぼたん), which is the more common term.
See also: 牡丹
深見草は牡丹の別名として知られている。
Fukamigusa is known as another name for the tree peony.
牡丹 is the common word for tree peony; 深見草 is a rare literary or alternative name.
The origin is uncertain; the kanji 深見草 literally means 'deep-seeing grass', but this is likely a poetic or conventional name rather than a literal description.