also: なえしろ
rice nursery; seedling bed
A specially prepared bed where rice seedlings are grown before being transplanted to the paddy field.
春になると、農家は苗代に種もみをまく。
In spring, farmers sow rice seeds in the nursery bed.
苗
The seedlings grown in the nursery bed are transplanted to the paddy field.
time to prepare a rice nursery
native raspberry (Rubus parvifolius)
silverthorn; thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive
Standard kanji spelling for the rice nursery bed.
Alternate reading; less common than なわしろ but still used.
Compound of 苗 (seedling) and 代 (substitute, or in this context, a prepared plot). The reading なわしろ is a sound shift from なえしろ.