White clover (English spelling)

Japanese: シロクローバー(英語表記)white clover
White clover (English spelling)
A perennial plant of the legume family used as pasture and turf grass. It is also called white clover. When simply called clover, this species is often referred to. Native to warm regions from Europe to Asia, it is now widely cultivated around the world from the subtropics to the subarctic, and has also become naturalized. It was introduced to Japan during the Edo period, when clover hay was used as a packing material for glass products imported from the Netherlands to Nagasaki. For this reason, the name "packing grass" was given to all clovers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
牧草や芝草として利用されるマメ科の多年草。シロツメクサ(白詰草)ともいう。また単にクローバーと呼ぶ場合は,この種をさすことが多い。ヨーロッパからアジアにかけての温暖な地域の原産で,現在では亜熱帯から亜寒帯までの世界各地で広く栽培され,野生化もしている。日本に渡来したのは江戸時代で,当時,オランダから長崎に輸入されていたガラス製品の梱包(こんぽう)充てん材としてクローバーの乾草が使われていた。このためにクローバー全体に〈詰め草〉の名が与えられた。

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