aburachan seed

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese aburachan, from Japanese abura (“oil”) + chan (“pitch”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈt͡ʃɑn sid/

Noun

aburachan seed (plural aburachan seeds)

1. (botany) The seed of a Japanese shrub, Benzoin praecox that yields an aromatic oil.

References

• 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 8: