porcino

[pawr-chee-noh]

noun, plural por·ci·ni [pawr-chee-nee] /pɔrˈtʃi ni/. Italian Cookery.

Usually porcini. cep.

Also called porcini mushroom.

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British Dictionary definitions for porcino

porcino

noun plural porcini (pɔːˈtʃiːnɪ)

an edible saprotrophic basidiomycetous woodland fungus, Boletus edulis, with a brown shining cap covering white spore-bearing tubes and having a rich nutty flavour: family BoletineaeAlso called: cep

Word Origin

Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig

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