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enokitake

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e⋅no⋅ki

[i-noh-kee]
–noun
a thin, long-stemmed and tiny-capped white mushroom, Flamma velutipes, native to the northern mountain ranges of Japan and prized as a food.
Also called e⋅no⋅ki⋅da⋅ke [i-noh-kee-dah-kee,] ,
e⋅no⋅ki⋅ta⋅ke [i-noh-kee-tah-kee] .


Origin:
< Japn enoki(-take), equiv. to enoki hackberry, Chinese nettle tree (< *ey no kiy; *ai hackberry + no particle + *koy tree) + take mushroom
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