Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
Lentinus edodes

Lentinus edodes

8.1
A mushroom from East Asia that people eat and grow for food
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Lentinus edodes
  • Many Asian dishes feature Lentinus edodes as a key ingredient.

Examples

  • The soup was garnished with sliced Lentinus edodes for added flavor.

  • Farmers have begun cultivating Lentinus edodes on hardwood logs for commercial sale.

  • I love adding Lentinus edodes to my stir-fry.

  • Have you ever tried Lentinus edodes in soup?

  • Many Asian dishes feature Lentinus edodes as a key ingredient.

  • The soup was garnished with sliced Lentinus edodes for added flavor.

  • Farmers have begun cultivating Lentinus edodes on hardwood logs for commercial sale.

Synonyms

shiitake
vsLentinus edodes
10 5.8

A brown Asian mushroom used in cooking, often dried or fresh

is described with a lighter cap range that includes golden tones
shiitake mushroom
vsLentinus edodes
5 2.7

An edible mushroom from East Asia with a brown rounded top used in cooking

is known for being widely cultivated for food rather than only wild gathered
golden oak mushroom
vsLentinus edodes
  • UK
7.1

An edible East Asian mushroom used in cooking with a golden to dark brown cap and a stem not eaten

is known as the commonly cultivated East Asian variety used for food
Chinese black mushroom
vsLentinus edodes
4.1

A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem

is narrower and focuses on golden to dark brown caps rather than blackish
Oriental black mushroom
vsLentinus edodes
  • US
5.1

A dark brown or black mushroom used in Asian cooking

is lighter in colour, describing golden to dark brown caps instead

How Edible

cepe
  • UK
8.8
Lentinus edodes
  • Specialized
8.1
bolete
  • Specialized
1 9.9
toadstool
5 7.6

Surface Forms

Lentinus edodes singular
Lentinus edodeses singular

Morphology

Lentinus + edodes

The binomial is compositionally transparent: 'Lentinus' names a genus of mushrooms and 'edodes' is Latin for 'edible', so together they literally denote an edible Lentinus mushroom (the shiitake). If a B1 learner knew both constituents and the basic convention of scientific names, the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Lentinus edodes is the scientific name for the shiitake mushroom. The part edodes comes from Latin for 'edible', and the mushroom often grew on the Japanese 'shii' tree, so the name points to an edible mushroom from East Asia.