藻も塩しお草ぐさ

noun

seaweed used in salt-making; anthology

Historical term: originally a type of seaweed used in traditional salt production. Also used as a poetic name for an anthology, especially in classical contexts.

• 藻も塩しお草ぐさは、昔むかし、塩しおを作つくるのに使つかわれた海かい藻そうの一いっ種しゅです。

  Moshiogusa is a type of seaweed that was used in the past to make salt.

• 「藻も塩しお草ぐさ」という言こと葉ばは、和わ歌かの選せん集しゅうの名な前まえとしても使つかわれることがあります。

  The word 'moshiogusa' is also sometimes used as the name of a waka anthology.