Where does “enoki mushroom” come from?

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

enoki mushroom (English): A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species...

Definitions

  1. A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species...

Ancestry of “enoki mushroom”, step by step

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