mokume-gane

noun

A mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.

OriginJapanese 木目金 →
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Meanings

nounmokume-gane (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.

Origin

  1. Japanese木目金
  2. Englishmokume-gane

Japanese 木目金, literally "woodgrain metal".

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