Etymology

mekabu

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Today it means: Undaria pinnatifida, a sea plant native to Japan and Korea and invasive elsewhere; wakame; Asian kelp. Full definition →

Japanese メカブ
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromメカブ“thick wakame leaves”
  2. English todaymekabu

Borrowed from Japanese メカブ (“thick wakame leaves”).

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