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Also Known As	Japanese horseradish • Eutrema japonicum

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A pile of fresh wasabi rhizomes (Eutrema japonicum) with rough, knobby green skin, displayed for sale at a fish market in Tokyo, Japan.

Large, textured green leaves and small clusters of white flowers of the wasabi plant (Eutrema japonicum) growing densely in a field in Japan.

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Six California sushi rolls coated with orange fish roe are arranged on a plate with a small mound of green wasabi paste and pink pickled ginger.

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Chocolate bar broken into pieces. (sweets; dessert; cocoa; candy bar; sugary)

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Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).

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