カヤツリグサ

noun

galingale; Cyperus microiria

Refers to plants of the genus Cyperus, especially Cyperus microiria. Usually written in kana.

• 道みち端ばたにカヤツリグサが生はえている。

  Galingale is growing by the roadside.

noun

nut grass; Cyperus rotundus

Only with reading しゃそう

Specific species, read as しゃそう. Rarely used; cross-referenced with 浜菅.

See also: ハマスゲ

• 「莎しゃ草そう」はしゃそうと読よみ、ハマスゲの別べつ名めいとされる。

  莎草 is read as しゃそう and is considered another name for ハマスゲ (nut grass).