wasabi
/wəˈsɑːbi/
wasabi noun: a plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
Noun
wasabi (usually uncountable, plural wasabis)
- A plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
- A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).
- An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye.
wasabi meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Assamese
wasabi in Hindi
- green Japanese condiment
- वसाबी vasābī
wasabi in Marathi
- green Japanese condiment
- वासाबी vāsābī
wasabi in Urdu
- green Japanese condiment
- وسابی vasābī
wasabi in Assamese
- green Japanese condiment
- ৱাচাবী wasabi
More languagesFewer languages
- wasabi in Tagalog
- wasabi
- wasabi in Arabic
- وَسَابِي wasābī
- wasabi in Indonesian
- wasabi
- wasabi in Persian
- واسابی vâsâbi
- wasabi in Thai
- วาซาบิ waa-saa-bì
- wasabi in Vietnamese
- wasabi
Synonyms of wasabi
Forms of wasabi
| plural | wasabis |
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Origin of wasabi
Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).
Words that rhyme with wasabi
Questions about wasabi
- What does wasabi mean?
- Wasabi means a plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
- What is wasabi in Hindi?
- Wasabi in Hindi is वसाबी (vasābī). See Wasabi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wasabi?
- Wasabi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wasabi?
- Wasabi is pronounced /wəˈsɑːbi/.
- What is the plural of wasabi?
- The plural of wasabi is wasabis.
Words near wasabi in the dictionary
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