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🌶️ A spicy paste 🌱 A Japanese plant
wasabi

wasabi

2 5.2
A Japanese plant with a thick green root used as a spice
  • noun
  • /wɑːˈsɑːbi/
translation icon : wasabi
  • You got some of those wasabi nuts?
  • wasabi powder
  • fresh wasabi
  • wasabi peas

Examples

  • Too much wasabi, if I'm not mistaken.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • We've just come to get lunch and I've got some amazing looking wasabi salad.

  • All you need is some cooked rice, green onions, toro, soy sauce, and wasabi.

    Blog text (15)

  • Take, for example, the Le Boeuf—beef ribeye, wasabi spinach, and a medley of bell peppers.

    Blog text (10)

  • Fresh wasabi adds a spicy kick to your sushi meal.

  • In Japanese cuisine, wasabi is often served alongside sashimi to enhance the flavor.

  • To prepare a dipping sauce, mix soy sauce with grated wasabi for an authentic taste.

Synonyms

horseradish
vswasabi
16 3.9

A plant with a thick white root that is grated to add spice to food

is green in root color rather than white

How Peppery

wasabi
2 5.2
arugula
  • US
22 5.7
mustard
12 2.0
mizuna
1 7.6
spinach
94 1.0
lettuce
93 1.0

Surface Forms

wasabi singular
wasabis plural

Etymology

Wasabi comes from Japanese and was originally the name of the plant, often said to mean 'mountain pepper' because it grows in cool mountain streams. So the name helps you remember that wasabi is a spicy plant root, like horseradish, used for a strong flavour.