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mizuame

mizuame noun: a Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.

mizuame: a Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars
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Noun

mizuame (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.

Origin of mizuame

Borrowed from Japanese 水飴 (mizuame).

Questions about mizuame

What does mizuame mean?
Mizuame means a Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.
What part of speech is mizuame?
Mizuame is a noun.

Words near mizuame in the dictionary

  1. Mizraimic
  2. Miztec
  3. Miztecs
  4. mizu shobai
  5. mizuage
  6. mizuame
  7. Mizue
  8. Mizuguchi
  9. Mizuguchis
  10. mizuhiki
  11. mizuhiki-maku

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