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shiitake

/ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/US/ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/

shiitake noun: a wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

shiitake: a wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes
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Noun

shiitake (plural shiitake or shiitakes)

  1. 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.”2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN
    • 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.2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022

shiitake meaning in Nepali, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

shiitake in Nepali

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
मृगे च्याउ mr̥ge cyāu

shiitake in Arabic

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
شِيتَاكِي šītākī

shiitake in Indonesian

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
hioko, shitake

shiitake in Persian

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
شیتاکه šitâke
More languagesFewer languages
shiitake in Thai
เห็ดหอม hèt hŏm
shiitake in Vietnamese
nấm hương, nấm đông cô

Synonyms of shiitake

Forms of shiitake

pluralshiitake
pluralshiitakes
alternative formshitake

Plural of shiitake: shiitake or shiitakes

Origin of shiitake

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.

Words that rhyme with shiitake

Questions about shiitake

What does shiitake mean?
Shiitake means a wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
What is shiitake in Nepali?
Shiitake in Nepali is मृगे च्याउ (mr̥ge cyāu). See Shiitake meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is shiitake?
Shiitake is a noun.
How do you pronounce shiitake?
Shiitake is pronounced /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of shiitake?
The plural of shiitake is shiitake.

Words near shiitake in the dictionary

  1. shiikuwashas
  2. Shiism
  3. Shiist
  4. Shiistic
  5. Shiists
  6. shiitake
  7. shiitakes
  8. Shiite
  9. Shiiteness
  10. Shiites
  11. Shiitic

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