キュウリグサ

noun

Trigonotis peduncularis (a species of wild herb)

A small wild herb with tiny blue flowers, often found in fields and roadsides. The leaves smell like cucumber when crushed, hence the Japanese name キュウリグサ (cucumber grass).

• 道みち端ばたで小ちいさな青あおい花はなをつけたキュウリグサを見みつけた。

  I found a Trigonotis peduncularis with tiny blue flowers by the roadside.

• キュウリグサの葉はを揉もむと、ほのかにキュウリの香かおりがする。

  When you crush the leaves of Trigonotis peduncularis, they give off a faint cucumber scent.