Genus: Timothyrium

Japanese: アワガエリ属 - あわがえりぞく
Genus: Timothyrium

...The Japanese name means "Awa-gaeri" (return of millet), which means that it is a variation of foxtail millet, but this species is far from being related to foxtail millet, and is rather closer to the group including the coma grass. The Phleum genus includes the alpine plant Miyama-awa-gaeri, as well as O-awa-gaeri, or timothy, which is important as pasture grass. [Tetsuo Koyama]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the genus "Agarwood" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…和名は〈粟還り(あわがえり)〉の意味で,アワが変わってできたという意味であるが,本種はアワとは縁が遠く,むしろコヌカグサなどの群に近い。アワガエリ属Phleumには高山植物のミヤマアワガエリがあるほか,牧草として重要なオオアワガエリすなわちチモシーがある。【小山 鉄夫】。…

※「アワガエリ属」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。

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