Where does “小松菜” come from?

小松菜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 菜 — greens.

小松菜 (Japanese): komatsuna, Japanese mustard spinach

Definitions

  1. komatsuna, Japanese mustard spinach

Ancestry of “小松菜”, step by step

小松菜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 菜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菜greens

via Japanese 小松

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小松—

Words derived from “小松菜”

Every word from Japanese 菜 →