Holy grass

Japanese: holy grass(英語表記)holygrass
Holy grass

... According to Makino Tomitaro, kobo means fragrant grass, and is named after the grass's sweet fragrance. The Chinese name, kao, and the English names, sweet grass and vanilla grass, are also named for the same reason. The other English name, holy grass, is a direct translation of the Latin genus name, meaning "sacred grass," and comes from the former custom of scattering this grass around churches on Christian holidays in Northern Europe. It has a long, thin rhizome underground. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "holy grass" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コウボウは牧野富太郎によれば香茅の意味で,この草に一種の甘い芳香があることによるが,漢名の茅香や,英名のsweet grass,vanilla grassも同じ理由による。また,もう一つの英名holy grassは“聖なる草”の意味のラテン語の属名の直訳で,北ヨーロッパではキリスト教徒の祭日に教会のまわりにこの草をまいたかつての習慣に由来する。地下に細長い根茎がある。…

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