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Word: Matsutake
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Perry (Iowa) Chief. From Japanese matsutake from matsu pine + take (also -dake, combining form) mushroom
Definition:
An edible fungus, Tricholoma matsutake (family Tricholomataceae), found in pine forests of Japan and Korea, and much prized as a delicacy in Japan. Also: any of several other edible fungi of the same genus, found in North American pine forests.
Variant Forms:
- matsutaki
