アレチウリ

Meanings

1

bur cucumber; star cucumber

usually written using kana alone

A vine plant (Sicyos angulatus) native to North America, considered an invasive species in Japan. The name is usually written in katakana.

アレチウリは特とく定てい外がい来らい生せい物ぶつに指し定ていされている。
The bur cucumber is designated as an invasive alien species.
河か川せん敷しきでアレチウリが繁はん茂もしている。
Bur cucumber is overgrowing on the riverbed.