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mitsuba

mitsuba noun: an East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica.

mitsuba: an East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica
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Noun

mitsuba (uncountable)

  1. An East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica.

Origin of mitsuba

From Japanese 三つ葉 (mitsuba) from 三つ (mitsu, “3”) + 葉 (ha, “leaf”).

Questions about mitsuba

What does mitsuba mean?
Mitsuba means an East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica.
What part of speech is mitsuba?
Mitsuba is a noun.

Words near mitsuba in the dictionary

  1. Mitscherlich's law
  2. mitscherlichite
  3. Mitsches
  4. MITSFS
  5. Mitsotakis
  6. mitsuba
  7. Mitsubishi
  8. Mitsubishis
  9. Mitsue
  10. mitsugake
  11. mitsugakes

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