SUSHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sushi mean? 

• SUSHI (noun)
  The noun SUSHI has 1 sense:

1. rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed

  Familiarity information: SUSHI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUSHI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sushi" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

 Context examples 

CUB and sushi domain-containing protein 1 (3565 aa, ~389 kDa) is encoded by the human CSMD1 gene.

(CUB and Sushi Domain-Containing Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes CUB and sushi domain-containing protein 1, may be involved in the modulation of complement.

(CSMD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)

Encoded by human SELE Gene (Selectin Family), 610-aa 66.5-kD E-Selectin precursor is a cytokine-induced endothelia type I membrane protein with features homologous to LYAM1: a C-type lectin domain, an EGF-like domain, six cysteine-containing SCR (sushi) domains.

(E-Selectin, NCI Thesaurus)

Some red seaweeds are major crops in Japan, Korea and China, where they serve as sushi wrap, among other uses.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)