キブシ

noun

early stachyurus; early spiketail

A deciduous shrub native to Japan, producing pale yellow flowers in early spring before the leaves appear. The scientific name is Stachyurus praecox.

• キブシの花はなが咲さくと、春はるが来きたと感かんじる。

  When the early stachyurus blooms, I feel that spring has come.