Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A perennial plant (Aralia cordata) native to East Asia, having bipinnately compound leaves and young shoots that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ornamental plant, Aralia cordata, cultivated in Japan and China as a vegetable. The edible portions of the plant are its young shoots, which are blanched by being covered with earth. In the winter the crisp, white stems are used for salad like celery.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese.]

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  • I suspect the unidentified stir-fried vegetable is probably Aralia cordata, what the Japanese call “udo” 独活 or “shishi udo”, otherwise known as Japanese Spikenard .

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  • Web: www. udo.jp Tokyo: Nippon Budokan, Kitanomaru Koen 2-3, Chiyoda-ku; Feb. 15 and 28, 5 p.m.

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  • Web: www. udo.jp Jakarta: Grand Ballroom, Gran Meliá hotel, Jalan H.R. R.suna Said, Kav X-0, Kuningan; March 10, 7 p.m.

    Time Off: Cultural Events Around Asia 2009

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  • Web: udo. jp/artist/Sting/index. html Osaka: Festival Hall, 2-3-18 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku; Dec. 20, 6 p.m. Admission: 11,000 yen and 12,000 yen.

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