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