cremini

[ kruh-mee-nee ]

/ krəˈmi ni /

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noun, plural cre·mi·nis.

a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.

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Origin of cremini

First recorded in 1985–90; from Italian, plural of cremino, diminutive of crema “cream,” from Middle French cresme, chresme “oil, chrism”