noun
reeds; reed and silver grass
Literary or poetic term for reeds and similar waterside grasses, especially in classical Chinese-influenced contexts. Rare in everyday Japanese.
漢詩には蘆荻の描写がよく出てくる。
Descriptions of reeds and silver grass often appear in classical Chinese poetry.
「蘆荻」は、現代ではほとんど使われない雅語だ。
蘆荻 is an elegant word that is hardly used in modern times.
Compound of 蘆 (reed) and 荻 (silver grass). The reading ろてき is the on'yomi of the characters, typical of classical Sino-Japanese vocabulary.