乳ちち草くさ

noun

Metaplexis japonica; rough potato

A species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to East Asia. The Japanese name literally means 'milk grass'.

See also: ガガイモ

• 乳ちち草くさは、かつては蘿芋ががいもとも書かかれた。

  Metaplexis japonica was once also written as 蘿芋.

• 道みち端ばたで乳ちち草くさの白しろい花はなを見みつけた。

  I found white flowers of Metaplexis japonica by the roadside.