Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myoga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myo-ga
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 茗荷 (myōga).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 茗荷

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Japanese ginger

Questions

What does myoga mean?: A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.
Where does myoga come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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