七草

ななくさ

Also written 七種

Meanings

1. Noun the seven spring flowers See also: 春の七草 (はるのななくさ).
2. the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers See also: 秋の七草 (あきのななくさ).
3. the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs See also: 七草の節句 (ななくさのせっく).

Kanji

• 七 seven. Read as なな.
• 草 grass. Read as くさ.

Words containing 七草

• 春の七草 (はるのななくさ) seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
• 秋の七草 (あきのななくさ) seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)
• 七草粥 (ななくさがゆ) rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

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