榎茸

Japanese
榎茸 (enokitake): enoki mushrooms growing on a tree.
Kanji in this term
榎 茸
えのき
Jinmeiyō		 たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 榎 (enoki, “Chinese hackberry tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”),[1][2] as this mushroom can often be found growing on the Chinese hackberry tree.

Pronunciation

Noun

榎茸 (hiragana えのきたけ, katakana エノキタケ, rōmaji enokitake)

(alternative reading hiragana えのきだけ, katakana エノキダケ, romaji enokidake)

  1. an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or enokitake: Flammulina velutipes

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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