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maitake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
mai-ta-ke
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese 舞茸 (maitake).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

maitakes (plural)

Synonyms

hen of the woods ram's head sheep's head signorina

Questions

What does maitake mean?
Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.
Where does maitake come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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