Warabi

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bracken, used as a vegetable in Japanese cuisine. uncountable
  2. 2
    Synonym of monjon (“species of rock-wallaby”). Australia

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Example

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"Look! They're selling Warabi. It must be harvesting season."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Japanese わらび.

Etymology 2

From Wunambal warabi (“mythological site in the Kimberley region (mistakenly taken as name of marsupial)”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.