shiitake

Other forms of shiitake

plural

shiitakes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shiitake

What does shiitake mean?

shiitake means "edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe".

How many syllables are in shiitake?

shiitake has 3 syllables: shi-i-take. The stress falls on "shi".

What is another word for shiitake?

Close synonyms include shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shiitake a common word?

shiitake is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.