shiitake

• shitake

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈtɑki/, /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːki

shiitake (plural shiitake or shiitakes)

1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
   • 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times‎:

     Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.

• Chinese mushroom (informal)

• shitake
• shiitaké
• shitaké

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ta.ke/, /ʃi.ta.ke/
• Rhymes: -e

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

   Synonyms: champignon parfumé, lentin du chêne

• champignon chinois (Canada, informal)

• shitake

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ˈta.ki/, /ʃi.ˈta.ki/

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

• shitake

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈtake/ [ʃiˈt̪a.ke], /siˈtake/ [siˈt̪a.ke]
• Rhymes: -ake

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

   Synonym: hongo del árbol shii