榛しん莽ぼう

noun

luxuriant vegetation; dense thicket

Archaic literary term for overgrown, tangled vegetation; not used in modern everyday Japanese.

• 古ふるい漢かん詩しに「榛しん莽ぼう」という語ごが出でてくる。

  The word 榛莽 appears in old Chinese-style poetry.

• 「榛しん莽ぼう」は、草くさ木きが生おい茂しげった荒あれた土と地ちを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  榛莽 is an old word referring to land overgrown with weeds and bushes.