kinako

K5I1N1A1K5O1

noun

A type of roasted soybean flour.

OriginJapanese きなこ →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounkinako (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of roasted soybean flour.

    Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice), or steamed, pounded millet filled with […]

    2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146

Origin

  1. Japaneseきなこ
  2. Englishkinako

Borrowed from Japanese きなこ (kinako, literally “yellow flour”).

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Anagrams

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