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蕨 (Warabi)

Bracken shoots

  • わらび
  • Warabi
  • Pitch 1
  • plants
  • shoots and sprouts

Meaning

蕨 (わらび, Warabi) is Bracken shoots, a Japanese food (plants, shoots and sprouts).

What is Bracken shoots?

Warabi ( Pteridium aquilinum ) refers to the shoots of bracken (also known as the eagle fern or Eastern bracken fern). From spring to early summer , the shoots whose leaves are not open yet are collected and used as sprouts, and the starch obtained from the rhizome is used as "bracken flour".

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