乳茸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちち
Grade: 6
たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, (ちち) (chichi, milk) + (たけ) (take, mushroom).

Noun

(ちち)(たけ) or 乳茸(チチタケ) • (chichitake

  1. weeping milk cap (Lactifluus volemus, formerly Lactarius volemus)
  2. (by extension) Any milk-cap of the genera Lactarius and Lactifluus.

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