wasabi

[ wah-sah-bee ]

noun

1. an Asian plant, Eutrema wasabi, of the mustard family.
2. the pungent, greenish root of this plant, which can be grated and used as a condiment.

wasabi

/ wəˈsɑːbɪ /

noun

1. a Japanese cruciferous plant, Eutrema Wasabi , cultivated for its thick green pungent root
2. the root of this plant, esp in paste or powder form, used as a condiment in Japanese cookery

Word History and Origins

Origin of wasabi¹

(< New Latin ) < Japanese

Word History and Origins

Origin of wasabi¹

Japanese

Example Sentences

Producers of wasabi and wine have described the challenges of growing their crops in increasingly wet and unpredictable weather.

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The BBC visited the Little Waddon Vineyard in Dorset and the Wasabi Company in Hampshire to ask them what they think.

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Jon Old, founder of the Wasabi Company, has been growing wasabi in the UK for over a decade.

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"If we're getting longer summers, if we're getting hotter summers, then it does become more of a challenge to grow wasabi - even in the UK."

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"It just planted a seed in our head and we thought 'well if wasabi grows in water, then maybe it's something we can do'," he says.

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