Etymology

enokitake

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Today it means: enoki mushroom Full definition →

Japanese 榎茸
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from榎茸“enoki mushroom”
  2. English todayenokitake

Borrowed from Japanese 榎茸 (enokitake, “enoki mushroom”), a kind of mushroom that grows on the enoki or Chinese hackberry tree.

Words from the same roots

Japanese榎茸 all →

enokienoki mushroom

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.