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shitake

British  
/ ˌʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ /

noun

  1. a variant of shiitake

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Perhaps a microgreens or endive salad, with shitake mushrooms?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2024

It was served alongside other bites, including a shitake hand roll with koshi rice wrapped in a wasabi leaf.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2022

For mains, there is miso stewed beef tongue with shitake mushrooms, spinach, taro potato and daikon radish.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2015

The ground shitake sits on a bookshelf, sealed with a strip of yellow tape.

From Time Aug. 8, 2011

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