noun
small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially
• Syn: ↑Chinese mushroom, ↑Volvariella volvacea
• Hypernyms: ↑agaric
• Member Holonyms: ↑Volvariella, ↑genus Volvariella
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nounEtymology: translation of Chinese (Pekingese) ts'aoku1 (III); so called from their cultivation on rice straw compost
: a basidiomycetous mushroom (Volvariella volvacea of the family Pluteaceae) that has a conical cap and is cultivated in southeastern Asia and used especially in Chinese cooking
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a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.