Where does “matsutake” come from?

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

matsutake (English): A of mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake, prized in...

Definitions

  1. A of mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake, prized in...

Ancestry of “matsutake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese松茸matsutake
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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