Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enoki mushroom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: enok-i -mush-room
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species Flammulina filiformis, used primarily in the cuisines of East Asia.

Etymology

From Japanese 榎茸 (enokitake), from 榎 (enoki, “Chinese hackberry”) + 茸 (take, “mushroom”), it being a mushroom that grows on stumps of the tree.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 榎茸

Inflected Forms

enoki mushrooms (plural)

Questions

What does enoki mushroom mean?: A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species Flammulina filiformis, used primarily in the cuisines of East Asia.
Where does enoki mushroom come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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