WHITE MATSUTAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white matsutake mean? 

• WHITE MATSUTAKE (noun)
  The noun WHITE MATSUTAKE has 1 sense:

1. a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest

  Familiarity information: WHITE MATSUTAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE MATSUTAKE (noun)

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Meaning:

A large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Armillaria ponderosa; white matsutake

Hypernyms ("white matsutake" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)