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chitoseame

chitoseame noun: a type of long candy eaten by Japanese children during the festival of Shichigosan.

Noun

chitoseame (uncountable)

  1. A type of long candy eaten by Japanese children during the festival of Shichigosan.

Forms of chitoseame

alternative formchitose ame

Origin of chitoseame

From Japanese 千歳飴 (chitose ame, literally “thousand year candy”).

Questions about chitoseame

What does chitoseame mean?
Chitoseame means a type of long candy eaten by Japanese children during the festival of Shichigosan.
What part of speech is chitoseame?
Chitoseame is a noun.

Words near chitoseame in the dictionary

  1. chitosanases
  2. chitosanolytic
  3. chitosans
  4. Chitose
  5. chitose ame
  6. chitoseame
  7. chitoseames
  8. chitosome
  9. chitosomes
  10. chitosugar
  11. chitosugars

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