noun
Paris tetraphylla (a flowering plant)
A perennial herb native to East Asia, closely related to herb Paris. The name comes from the shape of the fruit resembling a shuttlecock (衝羽根).
ツクバネソウは山地の林床に生える多年草です。
Paris tetraphylla is a perennial plant that grows on forest floors in mountainous areas.
このツクバネソウの実は羽根突きの羽根に似ている。
The fruit of this Paris tetraphylla resembles a shuttlecock used in hanetsuki.
The Japanese name ツクバネソウ (衝羽根草) literally means 'shuttlecock plant', from the resemblance of its fruit to a shuttlecock (衝羽根) used in the traditional game hanetsuki.