Where does “shiitake” come from?
shiitake (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".
shiitake (Portuguese): shiitake
Ancestry of “shiitake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 椎茸 | shiitake, a type of edible mushroom |
| 2 | Japanese | 椎 | any tree of the genus "Castanopsis" |