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kinako

kinako noun: a type of roasted soybean flour.

Noun

kinako (uncountable)

  1. A 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 of kinako

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

Questions about kinako

What does kinako mean?
Kinako means a type of roasted soybean flour.
What part of speech is kinako?
Kinako is a noun.

Words near kinako in the dictionary

  1. kinaesthesis
  2. kinaesthetic
  3. kinaesthetically
  4. kinaesthetics
  5. Kinakin
  6. kinako
  7. Kinalakna
  8. Kinaldie
  9. Kinamaligan
  10. Kinamlutan
  11. kinamycin

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