ぎょうじゃにんにく

noun

Alpine leek

A perennial plant native to mountainous regions of Japan, with edible leaves and bulbs. Scientific name: Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum.

• 行ぎょう者じゃ忍辱にんにくは山さん菜さいとして知しられ、春はるに若わか葉ばを摘つんで食たべる。

  Alpine leek is known as a wild mountain vegetable, and its young leaves are picked and eaten in spring.

• 行者忍辱ぎょうじゃにんにくの葉はには独どく特とくの香かおりがある。

  The leaves of the Alpine leek have a distinctive aroma.