Meanings
nounkomatsuna (uncountable)
- uncountableA leaf vegetable, a form of Brassica rapa, used in Japanese cooking
Synonyms: Japanese mustard spinach
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA leaf vegetable, a form of Brassica rapa, used in Japanese cooking
Similar
Japanese mustard spinach
Origin
- Japanese小松菜
- Englishkomatsuna
Borrowed from Japanese 小松菜 (komatsu-na, literally “Komatsu vegetable”).
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Chinese Mandarin 小松菜
- 小松菜leaf vegetable
Esperanto komacuno
- komacunoleaf vegetable
Finnish vihannessinappi, komatsuna
- vihannessinappileaf vegetable
- komatsunaleaf vegetable
French komatsuna
- komatsunaleaf vegetable
German komatsuna
- komatsunaleaf vegetable
Icelandic spínatkál
- spínatkálleaf vegetable
Japanese 小松菜
- 小松菜 (komatsuna)leaf vegetable
Lithuanian komacuna
- komacunaleaf vegetable
Persian کوماتسونا
- کوماتسوناleaf vegetable
Turkish komatsuna, japon ıspanağı
- komatsunaleaf vegetable
- japon ıspanağıleaf vegetable
Vietnamese komatsuna
- komatsunaleaf vegetable
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Cite this entry
APA
komatsuna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatsuna
MLA
“komatsuna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatsuna. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “komatsuna,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatsuna.
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