Etymology

komatsuna

ko·ma·tsu·na
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Today it means: A leaf vegetable, a form of Brassica rapa, used in Japanese cooking Full definition →

Japanese 小松菜
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from小松菜
  2. English todaykomatsuna

Borrowed from Japanese 小松菜 (komatsu-na, literally “Komatsu vegetable”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.