クサソテツ

Meanings

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usually written using kana alone

A common fern species (Matteuccia struthiopteris) whose young fiddleheads are eaten as a wild vegetable in Japan.

春はるになると、クサソテツの若わか芽めを摘つみに行いく。
In spring, we go to pick young ostrich fern shoots.
クサソテツは山さん菜さいとして人にん気きがある。
Ostrich fern is popular as a wild edible plant.

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