和布蕪めかぶら

noun

thick wakame leaves near the stem

Rare term; refers specifically to the thick, ruffled part of wakame seaweed near the base. In modern Japanese, this is almost always called めかぶ (mekabu), and めかぶら is an older or dialectal variant.

See also: メカブ

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、わかめの根ね元もとの厚あつい部ぶ分ぶんを「めかぶら」と記しるしている。

  In old documents, the thick part near the base of wakame is written as 'mekabura'.