ナギイカダ

noun

butcher's broom

A low evergreen shrub (Ruscus aculeatus) with stiff, leaf-like branches and small greenish flowers. The name comes from the resemblance of its branches to the leaves of the 梛 (nagi) tree and its clustered growth to a raft (筏).

• ナギイカダは、葉はのように見みえる枝えだに花はなが咲さく珍めずらしい植しょく物ぶつです。

  Butcher's broom is an unusual plant whose flowers bloom on branches that look like leaves.