ツクバネ

noun

Buckleya lanceolata (parasitic shrub)

A species of parasitic deciduous shrub native to Japan. The name is often written in katakana as ツクバネ. Botanical term.

• ツクバネは他たの樹じゅ木もくの根ねに寄き生せいする落らく葉よう低てい木ぼくです。

  Tsukubane is a deciduous shrub that parasitizes the roots of other trees.