SHIITAKE MUSHROOM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shiitake mushroom mean? 

• SHIITAKE MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun SHIITAKE MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHIITAKE MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIITAKE MUSHROOM (noun)

Meaning:

Edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese black mushroom; golden oak mushroom; Lentinus edodes; Oriental black mushroom; shiitake; shiitake mushroom

Hypernyms ("shiitake mushroom" is a kind of...):

fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)

Holonyms ("shiitake mushroom" is a member of...):

genus Lentinus; Lentinus (a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae)