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nori

noun

Etymology

From Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji literally mean "ocean moss", although this does not represent actual etymology as they are jukujikun (熟字訓).

  1. derived from *nǝri✻

Definitions

  1. A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and…

    A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).

  2. The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.

  3. Alternative form of norry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nori. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA