蓬よもぎ生う

noun

wasteland; area overgrown with weeds

Refers to a place where mugwort (蓬) and other weeds grow thickly, often implying neglect or desolation. A somewhat literary term.

• かつての庭てい園えんは今いまや蓬よもぎ生うと化かしている。

  The former garden has now turned into a wasteland overgrown with weeds.

• 蓬よもぎ生うの中なかに古ふるい祠ほこらがひっそりと立たっていた。

  An old shrine stood quietly in the weed-choked field.