Kombu

//ˈkɒmbuː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine. uncountable

    "[T]he productions of Jeso, in particular, are as follows: konbu, or sea-cabbage, birds of prey for hawking, whales and other sea-fish, skins of otters, beavers, seals, and stags, castoreum, gold, silver, adamantine spar."

  2. 2
    A kind of long horn instrument from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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"Are wakame and kombu different?"

Etymology

From Japanese 昆布 (こんぶ, konbu).

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