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Nori

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means dried, pressed edible seaweed used to wrap sushi and in other Japanese dishes

Japanese · medieval

"dried edible seaweed"

dried edible seaweed, used to wrap sushi

English · 1900s

"dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cooking"

adopted directly as sushi and Japanese cuisine spread internationally

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