SHIITAKE Meaning of SHIITAKE in English [ ʃɪ'tα:keɪ , ʃɪɪ- ]■ noun an edible mushroom cultivated in Japan and China. [ Lentinus edodes .]OriginC19: from Japanese, from shii , denoting a kind of oak, + take 'mushroom'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004