【 菜の花 (nanohana) 】rapeseed blossom⁣
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Young rapeseed shoots are also called 菜の花 (nanohana) and are considered a vegetable. They're similar to broccoli rabe. ⁣
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The mature plant is called 油菜 (aburana), and oil extracted from it is called 菜种油 (nataneyu or nataneabura), literally “vegetable-seed oil,” known as rapeseed or canola oil. known as ⁣
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The kanji 菜 (read な or サイ) represents ”vegetable” or おかず, ”a side dish.”⁣
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野菜 (やさい) = vegetable⁣
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惣菜 (そうざい) = the same as おかず, a side dish⁣
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前菜 (ぜんさい) = appetizer⁣ source