Japanese horseradish

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A very pungent green Japanese condiment made from the root of the herb Eutrema wasabi.

[Japanese.]

wasabi [wəˈsɑːbɪ]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Japanese cruciferous plant, Eutrema Wasabi, cultivated for its thick green pungent root

2. (Cookery) the root of this plant, esp in paste or powder form, used as a condiment in Japanese cookery

[Japanese]

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Noun	1.	wasabi - a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
	2.	wasabi - the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

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condiment herb horseradish Japan Nihon Nippon sashimi	A 2004 South Korean study suggests Japanese horseradish can kill ulcer-causing Helicobacter pylori bacteria. GO EAT... SPICES by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) If it hadn't been for the name--wasabi is Japanese horseradish usually served as a condiment to sashimi and sushi--and a few pieces of tell-tale decoration, we might have thought we had wandered into a sports bar. Wasabi lets the little things slide; food fails to impress by Arkansas Business Although of the same family as the horseradish, and sometimes termed the Japanese horseradish, ordinary horseradish does not have the same health benefits as genuine wasabi, and does not contain the same active ingredients so do not confuse the two. Detox Your Body with Wasabi Rhizome by Darrell Miller / Health, general community	Japanese apricot Japanese Archipelago Japanese banana Japanese barberry Japanese barnyard millet Japanese beech Japanese beetle Japanese bittersweet Japanese black pine Japanese brome Japanese capital Japanese carpet grass Japanese cedar Japanese cherry Japanese chess Japanese chestnut Japanese Chin Japanese clover Japanese crab Japanese deer Japanese deity Japanese flowering cherry Japanese garden Japanese honeysuckle Japanese hop Japanese horseradish Japanese iris Japanese Islands Japanese ivy Japanese lacquer tree Japanese lantern Japanese lawn grass Japanese leaf Japanese leek Japanese lilac Japanese lime Japanese linden Japanese maple Japanese medlar Japanese millet Japanese monetary unit Japanese morning glory Japanese oak Japanese oyster Japanese pagoda tree Japanese persimmon Japanese pink Japanese plum Japanese poinsettia Japanese privet Japanese quail	Japanese gardens Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Japanese gateway Japanese gateway Japanese Gear Manufacturers' Association Japanese gelatine Japanese gelatine Japanese Gender Role Index Japanese General Rules for Prostatic Cancer Japanese General Social Surveys Japanese Geological Survey Japanese Geomorphological Union Japanese Government Bond Japanese Government Bond Japanese Government Bond - Inflation-linked Japanese Government Bonds Japanese Government Scholarship Alumni Japanese Graduate Student Association Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Japanese Group Dynamics Association Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry Japanese Historical Text Initiative Japanese History Documentation Project Japanese holly fern Japanese home islands Japanese honeysuckle Japanese hop Japanese horseradish Japanese House of Councillors Japanese Hydrographic Department Japanese illusion Japanese Imperial Army Japanese Imperial Navy Japanese in Japan Japanese Indian Forces Japanese Industrial Gases Association Japanese Industrial Standard Japanese Industrial Standard Code for Information Interchange Japanese Industry and Management of Technology Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Japanese Institute of Irrigation and Drainage Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies Japanese Institute of Plant Maintenance Japanese Institute of Standards Japanese Instrument Control Center Japanese International Cooperation Agency Japanese International Karate Center Japanese International Procurement Operation Japanese International Protein Sequence Database Japanese International System

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A 2004 South Korean study suggests Japanese horseradish can kill ulcer-causing Helicobacter pylori bacteria.

GO EAT... SPICES by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

If it hadn't been for the name--wasabi is Japanese horseradish usually served as a condiment to sashimi and sushi--and a few pieces of tell-tale decoration, we might have thought we had wandered into a sports bar.

Wasabi lets the little things slide; food fails to impress by Arkansas Business

Although of the same family as the horseradish, and sometimes termed the Japanese horseradish, ordinary horseradish does not have the same health benefits as genuine wasabi, and does not contain the same active ingredients so do not confuse the two.

Detox Your Body with Wasabi Rhizome by Darrell Miller / Health, general community

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Japanese Institute of Irrigation and Drainage
Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects
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Japanese International Procurement Operation
Japanese International Protein Sequence Database
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