Where does “shiitake” come from?

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

shiitake (Spanish): shiitake

Definitions

  1. shiitake

Ancestry of “shiitake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椎茸shiitake, a type of edible mushroom
2Japanese椎any tree of the genus "Castanopsis"
Every word from Japanese 椎 →Every word from Japanese 椎茸 →