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matsutakes

matsutakes is the plural of matsutake.

Meaning of matsutake

Noun

matsutake (plural matsutakes)

  1. A mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake, prized in Asian cuisine for its spicy aroma.
    • It was the season for the succulent, fragrant matsutake, which grows at the bases of pine trees, and Takezō relaxed enough to go hunting the large mushrooms on the wooded mountain just behind the house.1981 [1935-1939], Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by Charles S. Terry, Musashi, Harper & Row/Kodansha International, translation of 宮本武蔵 [Miyamoto Musashi] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 11

Questions about matsutakes

What is matsutakes the plural of?
Matsutakes is the plural of matsutake.

Words near matsutakes in the dictionary

  1. Matsushima
  2. Matsushimas
  3. Matsushita
  4. Matsushitas
  5. matsutake
  6. matsutakes
  7. Matsuura
  8. Matsuuras
  9. Matsuyama
  10. Matsuzaka
  11. Matsuzakas

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