kombu

or kon·bu

[ kohm-boo ]

noun

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

kombu

/ ˈkɒmbuː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kombu¹

C19: Japanese

Example Sentences

What ensued was a crash course on phycology — marine algae science — and on searching for and gathering edible seaweed, including kelp, wakame and kombu.

From Washington Post

Kombu, a horn of the Hindus, resembling in its semicircular shape the tootooree, but being smaller and heavier; from Madras.

From Project Gutenberg