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chaga.

A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.

    uncountable
  2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Permic *čak Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak)bor. Russian ча́га (čága)bor. English chaga Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

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