Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mitsuba

/mitsˈubə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
mit-su-ba
IPA
/mitsˈubə/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

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How do you pronounce mitsuba?
The recorded pronunciation is /mitsˈubə/.
What does mitsuba mean?
An East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica.
Where does mitsuba come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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