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wakame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
wakame
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Undaria pinnatifida, an edible seaweed.

Uncountable

noun

Loosely, any seaweed in the family Alariaceae.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 若布(ワカメ) (wakame).

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

wakames (plural)

Questions

What does wakame mean?
Undaria pinnatifida, an edible seaweed.
Where does wakame come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 若布(ワカメ) (wakame).

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