コマツナギ

noun

Indigofera pseudotinctoria (species of legume)

A shrub in the pea family, native to East Asia. The name literally means 'foal tether', as the plant was supposedly used to tie horses.

• コマツナギは夏なつに小ちいさなピンクの花はなを咲さかせます。

  Indigofera pseudotinctoria produces small pink flowers in summer.

• この辺あたりの土ど手てにはコマツナギがたくさん生はえている。

  A lot of Indigofera pseudotinctoria grows on the embankments around here.