Where does “enoki” come from?

enoki (English) comes from English enokitake, from Japanese 榎茸, from Japanese 茸, from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

enoki (English): An enoki mushroom, Flammulina velutipes

Definitions

  1. An enoki mushroom, Flammulina velutipes

Ancestry of “enoki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishenokitakeenoki mushroom
2Japanese榎茸an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or...
3Japanese茸a mushroom; the flesh of an animal
4Japanese椎茸shiitake, a type of edible mushroom
5Japanese椎any tree of the genus "Castanopsis"
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