enoki

American  

[ih-noh-kee] / ɪˈnoʊ ki /

noun

1. a thin, long-stemmed and tiny-capped white mushroom, Flamma velutipes, native to the northern mountain ranges of Japan and prized as a food.

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Etymology

Origin of enoki

< Japanese enoki(take), equivalent to enoki “hackberry, Chinese nettle tree” + take “mushroom”

Example Sentences

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

But listeria linked to enoki mushrooms has come to the attention of the CDC and the organization posted a warning page to its website since a 2020 outbreak.

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 Hearn, Lafcadio