Meanings
chaga1
- uncountableA parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
Synonyms: chaga mushroom
- uncountableThe irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
Chaga2
alternative Chagga · alternative WaChaga · alternative Wachagga
- pluralplural onlyBantu-speaking indigenous Africans comprising the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania.
- A Bantu dialect continuum spoken by these people.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- kpvтшак“mushroom, growth”
- Russianча́га
- Englishchaga
Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 白樺茸 /白桦茸
- 白樺茸 /白桦茸fungus
Finnish pakurikääpä, pakuri
- pakurikääpäfungus
- pakuriconk
Korean 자작나무시루뻔버섯
- 자작나무시루뻔버섯 (jajangnamusiruppeonbeoseot)fungus
Russian трутови́к, чага
- трутови́к (trutovík)fungus
- чага (čaga)conk
- пакля (paklja)conk
- тютяк (tjutjak)conk
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Cite this entry
chaga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaga
“chaga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaga. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaga.
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