also: ほしなまこ
dried sea cucumber; dried trepang
A food ingredient made by drying sea cucumbers; used especially in Chinese cuisine.
Dried sea cucumber is a high-class ingredient in Chinese cuisine.
Rehydrate the dried sea cucumber in water before cooking.
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the reading ほしナマコ is explicitly given for this form.
Kanji-hiragana spelling; the reading ほしなまこ is explicitly given for this form.
Full kanji spelling using 海鼠 for sea cucumber; the reading ほしなまこ is given, and the rare reading ほしこ is also recorded for this form.
Compound of 干し (hoshi, 'drying' or 'dried') and ナマコ (namako, 'sea cucumber'). The kanji 海鼠 is a jukujikun reading for sea cucumber.