茂る

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: In 茂る (しげる), lush-growth stem 茂 plus inflecting る forms the verb for growing thick.
• Basic usage: 茂る describes grass, leaves, or branches growing densely.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Intransitive dense growth
  • 茂っていた presents that lush state as continuing in the past and differs from an agent actively cultivating plants.