(Warabi)

Bracken shoots

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

Meaning

(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".