白木耳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	木	耳

Etymology

Compound of shiro (“white”) and kikurage (“Judas ear fungus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕirokikuraɡe/

Alternative forms

• シロキクラゲ

Noun

白木耳 (hiragana しろきくらげ, romaji shirokikurage)

1. a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae family; scientific name: Tremella fuciformis Berkeley, common name: snow fungus.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
白木耳

Etymology

白 (white) + 木耳 (tree fungus)

Noun

白木耳 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bái mù'ěr)

1. snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)

Synonyms

• 雪耳
• trad. 銀耳, simpl. 银耳

References

• 銀耳 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia:銀耳
• "白木耳" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-04.