"shiro" meaning in All languages combined

See shiro on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: Possibly from Amharic or Tigrinya ሺሮ (širo, “chickpea flour”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ti|ሺሮ|t=chickpea flour}} Tigrinya ሺሮ (širo, “chickpea flour”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shiro (uncountable)
  1. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shiro-en-noun-2sWp9wJb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: shiros [plural]
Etymology: Of Japanese origin, either 城 (shiro, “castle”) or 白 (shiro, “white”) (see quotation below). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese Head templates: {{en-noun}} shiro (plural shiros)
  1. A mass of hyphae constituting the mycelium of certain fungi.
    Sense id: en-shiro-en-noun-7lwPzEz6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} shiro
  1. Rōmaji transcription of しろ Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: しろ

Inflected forms

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