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Where does “鱒茸” come from?

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

鱒茸 (Japanese): sulphur shelf

Definitions

  1. sulphur shelf

Ancestry of “鱒茸”, step by step

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