Definition of Shiitake

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


Definition of Shiitake

1. Noun. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shiitake

1. a dark Oriental mushroom [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiitake

shifty
shiftyness
shigaite
shigella
shigella boydii
shigella dysenteriae
shigella flexneri
shigella sonnei
shigellae
shigellas
shigelloses
shigellosis
shigram
shigrams
shihon-bashira
shiitake (current term)
shiitake mushroom
shiitakes
shijo
shikar
shikaree
shikarees
shikari
shikaris
shikarred
shikarring
shikars
shikimate
shikimate dehydrogenase
shikimate kinase

Literary usage of Shiitake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"How to grow forest mushroom (shiitake). Mushroom Technology Corporation, Naperville, IL 60565. ... Cultivation of shiitake, the Japanese forest mushroom, ..."

2. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"The author ties the interest in shiitake production by the Japanese producer ... The author notes that shiitake cultivation also allowed rural dwellers to ..."

3. Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture for Educators, Producers and Other edited by Valerie Berton (1998)
"Includes 34 presentations and posters on almost every aspect of shiitake production, ... For potential shiitake producers, extension educators and others ..."

4. General View of Commerce & Industry in the Empire of Japan by Japan Nōshōmushō. Shōkōkyoku, Nōshōmushō (1893)
"shiitake. The total value of the export of shiitake amounts nearly to five hundred thousand yen, and is mostly exported to Hongkong, China and the United ..."

5. General View of Commerce & Industry in the Empire of Japan by Japan Nōshōmushō. Shōkōkyoku, Nōshōmushō (1893)
"The total value of the export of shiitake amounts nearly to five hundred thousand yen, and is mostly exported to Hongkong, China and the United States come ..."

6. General View of Commerce & Industry in the Empire of Japan by Japan Nōshōmushō. Shōkōkyoku (1893)
"COMMODITIES EXPORTED FROM Sç IMPORTED TO. CLASS 3. shiitake ... The total value of the export of shiitake amounts nearly to five hundred thousand yen, ..."

7. Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertiseby Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens by Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens (1997)
"My areas of expertise include shiitake mushroom production, marketing and other ... I have several enterprise publications on fruits and shiitake mushrooms. ..."

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