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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.


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

If you bought these 200g/7.05 ounce packages of enoki return them to the place of purchase for a full refund, the FDA said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022

It is said that if either an old yanagi or a young enoki be cut blood will flow from the gash.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn

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