葛くず

noun

kudzu; Japanese arrowroot

Only with reading くず / クズ

Refers to the kudzu plant, especially the vine or the root used to make 葛粉. The usual reading is くず.

• 葛くずの根ねから葛くず粉こを作つくる。

  Kudzu starch is made from kudzu roots.

• 山やま道みちの脇わきに葛くずのつるが伸のびていた。

  Kudzu vines were spreading beside the mountain path.

noun

Chinese moonseed

Only when written 葛 · Only with reading つづら

Rare botanical use with the reading つづら, effectively referring to つづらふじ, Chinese moonseed, not the common kudzu sense read くず.

See also: つづらふじ

• 植しょく物ぶつ名めいとしての葛つづらは、つづらふじを指さす。

  As a plant name, 葛 read tsuzura refers to Chinese moonseed.