cep

American  

[sep] / sɛp /

noun

1. an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.

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cep British  

/ sɛp /

noun

1. another name for porcino

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Etymology

Origin of cep

1860–65; < French cèpe < Gascon cep mushroom, tree trunk < Latin cip ( p ) us boundary stone, pillar

Example Sentences

The menu includes blue lobster and crab followed by Bresse poultry and a gratin of cep mushrooms prepared, respectively, by French chefs Anne-Sophie Pic and Yannick Alléno.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Avoid dead things and choose the dish with morels, cep or charred broccoli.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2018

“Aint nobody works much in dis country cep de boll-weevil, noways,” he says.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“Who else gwine raise her cep me? Aint I raised ev’y one of y’all?”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

At dawn the little wild bird, the cep plót, broke the silent air with its characteristic and shrill ci ti rià.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone