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shiitake

/ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/ /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/

Meanings
noun
A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

Examples :

"The stir-fry tasted amazing because it had a lot of shiitake mushrooms. "
food vegetable plant organism

Related Words

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mushrooms noun

/ˈmʌʃruːmz/

Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

"Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul."

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variety noun

/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

The quality of being varied; diversity.

"Variety is the spice of life."

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because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

For the reason (that).

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

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tasted verb

/ˈteɪstɪd/

To sample the flavor of something orally.

"I tasted the soup to see if it needed more salt. "

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brown noun

/bɹaʊn/

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

"The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel."

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edible noun

/ˈɛdɪbl/ /ˈɛdəbl/

Anything edible.

"The edible was delicious, and everyone enjoyed the freshly baked bread. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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mushroom noun

/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/

Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

"Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul."

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fry noun

/fɹaɪ/

(usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato.

"I like to have some fries with my burger for lunch. "

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wide noun

/wɑed/ /waɪd/

A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

"The umpire called a wide, giving the team an extra run. "

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amazing verb

/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/

To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.

"He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot."

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stir noun

/stɜː/ /stɝ/

The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

"Can you give the soup a little stir?"