野草(やそう)

やそう
noun
wild plant; wild grass; weed
nature
1. wild plant; wild grass; weed
Plants that grow naturally in fields, mountains, and roadsides without being cultivated. Includes both flowers and grasses.
道端(みちばた)に野草(やそう)が咲(さ)いている。
Wild plants are blooming along the roadside.
食(た)べられる野草(やそう)を採(と)りに山(やま)へ行(い)った。
I went to the mountains to pick edible wild plants.
野草(やそう)図鑑(ずかん)を片手(かたて)に散歩(さんぽ)すると、足元(あしもと)の植物(しょくぶつ)にも目(め)が行(い)くようになる。
When you take a walk with a wild plant field guide in hand, you start noticing the plants at your feet.

A neutral term for uncultivated plants growing in the wild. Unlike 雑草(ざっそう) (weeds), which has a negative nuance of unwanted plants, 野草(やそう) is more neutral or positive, treating these plants as worthy of interest.

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Compare: 雑草(ざっそう) (weeds (negative))
Related: 山菜(さんさい) (edible wild vegetables)
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