蒲

dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)

common cattail (Typha latifolia)

smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)

Taraxacum albidum (species of white dandelion)

Typha orientalis

something that comes too late to be useful

female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion)

quilting

Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)

fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

delicate health

Iris ensata

Iris ensata

kabayaki

Iris ensata

purple willow

Japanese iris

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

bulrush mat

feigning ignorance

cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other

bathwater with iris leaves

yellow iris

rose apple (Syzygium jambos)

gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

gladiolus

aromatic cane

Pulao (Chinese dragon)

Arctic iris (Iris setosa)

wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum)

kamaboko

imitation crab meat