udo

American  

[oo-doh] / ˈu doʊ /

noun

udos plural

1. a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.

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udo British  

/ ˈuːdəʊ /

noun

1. a stout araliaceous perennial plant, Aralia cordata, of Japan and China, having berry-like black fruits and young shoots that are edible when blanched

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• udos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of udo

From Japanese

Example Sentences

We recognise his old partiality for diminutives, as in the Frigidulos udo singultus ore cientem, and Languidulosque paret tecum coniungere somnos.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Faunus, the satyrs, and nymphs, "Sicco Dryades pede Naides udo," are present.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

It was in Welsh called yn udo, or crying.

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias