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kombu¹

  • /ˈkɒmbuː/ US, UK

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From Japanese 昆布 (こんぶ, konbu).

noun konbu

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

kombu²

noun kombus

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

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noun edible kelp used in East Asian cuisine

Españolkombu
한국어다시마 dasima
日本語昆布 konbu
中文海帶 /海带 hǎidài
Portuguêskombu
Françaiskonbu
DeutschKombu
Italianokombu
Русскийкомбу kombu

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"kombu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kombu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kombu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kombu

Chicago

"kombu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kombu.

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@misc{kombu_2026,
  title = {kombu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kombu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}