kombu

or kon·bu

[ kohm-boo ]

/ ˈkoʊm bu /

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noun

a brown Japanese seaweed, sun-dried before use in sushi, stocks, etc.

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Words nearby kombu

Kolyma Range, kolytic, Komandorski Islands, Komati, komatik, kombu, kombucha, Komenský, Komi, Komi Autonomous Republic, Komi Republic

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How to use kombu in a sentence

What ensued was a crash course on phycology — marine algae science — and on searching for and gathering edible seaweed, including kelp, wakame and kombu.
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Kombu, a horn of the Hindus, resembling in its semicircular shape the tootooree, but being smaller and heavier; from Madras.
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British Dictionary definitions for kombu

kombu

konbu

/ (ˈkɒmbuː) /

noun

a dark brown seaweed of the genus Laminaria (class Phaeophyceae) the leaves of which are dried and used esp in Japanese cookery

Word Origin for kombu

C19: Japanese

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