chanterelle

[shan-tuh-rel, chan-]

noun

a mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, having a bright yellow-to-orange funnel-shaped cap, a favorite edible species in France.

Origin of chanterelle

1765–75; < French < New Latin cantharella, equivalent to Latin canthar(us) tankard (< Greek kántharos) + -ella diminutive suffix

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Historical Examples of chanterelle

The night I heard him he played the Mendelssohn concerto, and at the beginning of the slow movement his chanterelle broke.
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Praetorius calls this an octave lute, with the chanterelle C or D.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2
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It had from four to eight courses of strings, the chanterelle or melody string being single and the others in pairs of unisons.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5
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In the tables of accordance here given, the chanterelle is indicated by a X.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2
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The chanterelle does not lie over the finger-board and is always played open by the thumb.
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British Dictionary definitions for chanterelle

chanterelle

noun

any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae

Word Origin for chanterelle

C18: from French, from New Latin cantharella, diminutive of Latin cantharus drinking vessel, from Greek kantharos

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