enoki
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of enoki
< Japanese enoki(take), equivalent to enoki “hackberry, Chinese nettle tree” + take “mushroom”
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She couldn't remember "the specific purchase", but had previously bought a variety of mushrooms - shitake, porcini, enoki - from similar stores, she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Montebello-based company recalls enoki mushrooms suspected as the source of a listeria outbreak that has infected 36 people and killed four.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The team treated the fruiting bodies of enoki mushrooms and the inedible reishi mushrooms with sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
Green Day Produce has recalled packages of its enoki mushrooms that were sold nationwide in September and October because they could be contaminated with listeria.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
Sometimes, but rarely, a pine or other tree is substituted for the enoki.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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