shiitake
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shiitake
- /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/ UK
- /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/ UK
- /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/ US
- /ʃɪˈtɑki/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːki
Where it comes from
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.
noun shiitake · shiitakes · shitake
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A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”
Similar: Chinese mushroom
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noun Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
| Español | shiitake, shitake, hongo del árbol shii |
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| 한국어 | 표고 pyogo, 표고버섯 pyogobeoseot |
| 日本語 | 椎茸 shītake, シイタケ shītake, 冬子 donko, ドンコ donko |
| 中文 | 香菇 xiānggū, 冬菇 dōnggū |
| Português | shiitake, shitake |
| Français | lentin du chêne, shiitake, shiitaké, shitake, shitaké, champignon parfumé |
| Deutsch | Shiitake |
| Italiano | shiitake |
| Ελληνικά | σιτάκε sitáke |
| Русский | шиита́ке šiitáke, сянгу́ sjangú |
| Tiếng Việt | nấm hương, nấm đông cô |
| العربية | شِيتَاكِي šītākī |
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