English Explanatory Dictionary

shiitake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

Pronunciation

/ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/ /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shiitake.wav /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/ /ʃɪˈtɑki/

Word forms

shiitake shiitakes shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (shītake), from 椎 (shī, “a shii or chinquapin tree”) + 茸 (take, “a mushroom”), from the way the mushrooms tend to grow on chinquapin logs. First cited in English in 1877.

Synonyms

Chinese mushroom
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