Where does “maitake” come from?

maitake (English) comes from Japanese 舞茸, from Japanese 茸, from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

maitake (English): Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom...

Definitions

  1. Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom...

Ancestry of “maitake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese舞茸maitake
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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