駒繋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駒 繋
こま
Grade: S 		つな(ぎ)
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
駒繫 (kyūjitai)

Noun

駒(こま)繋(つなぎ) or 駒繋(コマツナギ) • (komatsunagi) 

  1. the hitching of a horse
  2. (by extension) a hitching post
  3. Indigofera pseudotinctoria, a species of indigo
  4. (archaic) synonym of 三本草 (mitsumoto-sō, “Potentilla cryptotaeniae”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コマツナギ (komatsunagi).

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