柘つみ

noun

Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)

Archaic term for the Chinese mulberry tree, also known as 山桑 (やまぐわ) in modern Japanese. Used historically in contexts related to sericulture.

See also: ヤマグワ

• 古ふるい養よう蚕さんの文ぶん献けんには「柘つみ」の記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  Descriptions of '柘' can be found in old sericulture documents.