Azollaceae - Red duckweed

Japanese: アカウキクサ科 - あかうきくさか
Azollaceae - Red duckweed

…A small, floating, herbaceous fern of the Azollaceae family that grows in rice fields, ponds, and castle moats. It is called red floating fern because the plant is reddish in color, and this species is called mosquito fern because it resembles a mosquito.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Azollaceae family" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水田,池沼,城濠などに生えるアカウキクサ科の小さな浮遊性草本のシダ植物。植物体は赤色を帯びているので,赤浮草と呼ばれ,蚊に似ているところからこの類はmosquito fernといわれる。…

※「アカウキクサ科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Agau - Agaugo

>>:  Red fish (Ugui) - Red fish

Recommend

tree bat

…Its English names include red bat, which refers ...

Godard

French film director. Swiss nationality. Originall...

Kitahama Primeval Flower Garden

Also known as Koshimizu Primeval Flower Garden. Lo...

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

French poet and critic. Born in Paris. Studied th...

Otenfu - Otenfu

...These formed the basis for the industrial deve...

Weapons of custom - Kanshu no buki

…However, because practice was also done with rea...

Chernosotentsy

...the general term for several right-wing reacti...

Ridgway

American military officer. Born in Fort Monroe, Vi...

Okake Daisen Tsugi - Okake Daisen Tsugi

… Traditional kiri-gumi joints used in Japanese w...

Wanganui

A port city on the southwest coast of the North Is...

Wesenwille

…In Tönnies’ book Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (...

Dummer, GWA (English spelling) DummerGWA

...In terms of circuits, the configuration of equ...

Frugality Order - Kenyaku Rei

During the Edo period, the shogunate and various ...

Drowning Girl - Dekijo (English spelling) ni-nu

Refers to the killing of infants in China. The kil...

Kashima Nada

This refers to the Pacific coastal waters from Ca...