wasabin.
/ˈwasabi/ A Japanese herb, Eutrema wasabi, whose thick root is used in Japanese cooking.
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1903 Bull. Bureau of Plant Industry (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 42. 20 There is a fresh sharpness about Japanese wasabi that not even the finest Austrian sorts of horse~radish possess.
1903 Bull. Bureau of Plant Industry (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 42. 21 For two years, the young wasabi plants are cared for in the field.
1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. 333 The roots of the related toothworts..serve as a horseradish substitute in North America... Wasabi..is a Japanese relation cultivated for the sake of its roots, which are used as a condiment.
1981 ‘J. Melville’ Sort of Samurai xviii. 145 Otani..watched the sushi master deftly season the rice-cakes with a dab of tear-jerking wasabi paste.
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