ヤエムグラ

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Meanings

1

thick patch of mixed weeds

usually written using kana alone

Refers to a dense, tangled growth of various weeds, often with a literary or poetic feel.

庭にわは手て入いれを怠おこたって、ヤエムグラのようになってしまった。
The garden was neglected and became like a thick patch of mixed weeds.

2

false cleavers; Galium spurium var. echinospermon

A specific plant species in the bedstraw family; botanical term.

ヤエムグラは畑はたけの厄やっ介かいな雑ざっ草そうの一ひとつだ。
False cleavers is one of the troublesome weeds in fields.