mizuna

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noun

One of several tangy green vegetables used in Japanese cuisine, usually Brassica rapa var. nipposinica

OriginJapanese 水菜 →
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Meanings

nounmizuna (usually uncountable, plural mizunas)

plural mizunas

  1. uncountableusuallyOne of several tangy green vegetables used in Japanese cuisine, usually Brassica rapa var. nipposinica

    His cold sesame chicken seasoned with chili is finely shredded and served in carefully wrought clusters around a salad of mizuna.

    2007 June 20, Florence Fabricant, “From a Japanese Chef, Chinese, but Not Takeout”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Japanese水菜
  2. Japanese水菜
  3. Englishmizuna

Borrowed from Japanese 水菜.

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Translations

Finnish mitsuna
  • mitsunatangy green vegetable

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mizuna

UnaLagunalunatunakorunakunakahunalacunapunaCunaOonadoonayokozunamezzalunaDrunanoona
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Cite this entry
APA

mizuna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizuna

MLA

“mizuna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizuna. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mizuna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizuna.

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