shiitake
[shee-ee-tah-key]
- a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
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Origin of shiitake
1875–80; < Japanese, equivalent to shii oak (earlier siwi < sifi < *sipi) + take mushroom (perhaps ta field + ke(y) hair)
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Sauté the shiitake mushrooms in the soy sauce, sesame oil, and minced garlic.
Historical Examples
The Japanese are very successful in cultivating a mushroom which they call "Shiitake" or "Lepiota shiitake."
There are three varieties of "Shiitake," the spring, summer, and autumn crops differing somewhat in quality.
shiitake
shitake
- a kind of mushroom widely used in Oriental cookery
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Word Origin
C20: from Japanese shii tree + take mushroom
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Word Origin and History for shiitake
n.
1877, from Japanese, from shii, name of several types of evergreen trees, + take "mushroom."
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