hijiki
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Etymology
Noun
hijiki (uncountable)
- Sargassum fusiforme, a brown seaweed used in Japanese cuisine.
- 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 117:
- “We're going to start you out, for the first three days, on psyllium seeds and hijiki.”
- 2007 August 28, C. Claiborne Ray, “Suspect Seaweed”, in New York Times:
- A. Hijiki, the branched seaweed frequently used in small amounts in salads and garnishes, and other kinds of seaweed do contain more arsenic than other foods, but no arsenic-related health problems have been traced to hijiki in the United States.
Translations
Sargassum fusiforme
Japanese
Romanization
hijiki