エビスグサ

noun

sicklepod; Senna obtusifolia

A plant species; the name is usually written in katakana. The seeds are used in traditional medicine and as a coffee substitute.

• エビスグサの種しゅ子しは「決けつ明めい子し」と呼よばれ、漢かん方ぽう薬やくに使つかわれる。

  The seeds of the sicklepod are called 'ketsumeishi' and are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

• エビスグサは熱ねっ帯たい地ち方ほうに広ひろく分ぶん布ぷしている。

  Sicklepod is widely distributed in tropical regions.