イタドリ

noun

Japanese knotweed; flowering bamboo

A common perennial plant (Reynoutria japonica) found across Japan; young shoots are edible and it is sometimes used in traditional medicine.

• 春はるになると、イタドリの若わかい芽めを摘つんで食たべることができる。

  In spring, you can pick and eat the young shoots of Japanese knotweed.