different between dulse vs kombu

English

Alternative forms

• dilisk, dillisk, dilsk, dulce

Etymology

From Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?ls/

Noun

dulse (usually uncountable, plural dulses)

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, page 151:

     Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, page 90:

     They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.

Derived terms

• shell dulse

Translations

See also

• Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• duels, leuds, ludes, slued

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish dulce (“candy, sweets, dessert”), from Latin dulcis.

Noun

dulse

1. (dated) candy, sweets

   Synonyms: kendi, karmelitos

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dulcis (compare Spanish dulce).

Adjective

dulse (Latin spelling)

1. sweet, sugary

Noun

dulse m (Latin spelling)

1. sweet preserves

English

Etymology

A modified borrowing from Japanese ?? (???, konbu).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mbu?/
• Hyphenation: kom?bu

Noun

kombu (uncountable)

1. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.

Alternative forms

• konbu

Hypernyms

• kelp
• tangle

Related terms

• kombucha

Translations

References

Further reading

• kombu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Verb

kombu

1. imperative of kombi

French

Noun

kombu m (plural kombus)

1. kombu

Japanese

Romanization

kombu

1. R?maji transcription of ???