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urushi

/ʊˈɹuːʃi/noun

urushi is a noun meaning “Lacquer from the tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-R-U-S-H-I, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does urushi mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Lacquer from the tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce urushi?

  • /ʊˈɹuːʃi/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is urushi?

Urushi appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does urushi come from?

From Japanese 漆 (urushi, “lacquer tree”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).