shiitake
/ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/(亦作shitake, shiitake mushroom)
noun
1- an edible mushroom which grows on fallen timber, cultivated in Japan and China香菇。
1.1
- Lentinus edodes, family Pleurotaceae, class Hymenomycetes.拉丁名Lentinus edodes,侧耳科, 层菌纲。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Japanese, from shii, denoting a kind of oak, + take 'mushroom'.