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namul[나물]Intermediate · TOPIK IIVegetables

wild vegetables; wild greens

Noun

  1. 1

    wild vegetables; wild greens

    A variety of edible grass or leaves such as bracken and bellflowers.

    Korean definition: 고사리, 도라지 등의 사람이 먹을 수 있는 풀이나 나뭇잎.

    • We went to the mountains and picked a basket of fragrant wild greens.

    • He dug up some weeds and held them out to me, saying they were edible greens.

  2. 2

    seasoned vegetables: A variety of Korean side dishes made by seasoning boiled, fried or uncooked edible grass, leaves, vegetables, etc.

    Korean definition: 먹을 수 있는 풀이나 나뭇잎, 채소 등을 삶거나 볶거나 또는 날것으로 양념하여 무친 반찬.

    • My mother was busy making namul dishes to put on the ancestral rite table.

    • He boiled the tender greens he had picked in the mountains and seasoned them into namul to eat.