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Definition of shiitake noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shiitake

noun
 
/ʃɪˈtɑːki/
 
/ʃɪˈtɑːki/
(also shitake)
(also shiitake mushroom)
(from Japanese)
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  1. a type of Japanese or Chinese mushroom
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Japanese, from shii, denoting a kind of oak, + take ‘mushroom’.
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