porcino

[ pawr-chee-noh ]

noun,plural por·ci·ni

[pawr-chee-nee]. /pɔrˈtʃi ni/. Italian Cooking.

Usually porcini . cep.

Also called porcini mushroom .

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British Dictionary definitions for porcino

porcino

/ (pɔːˈtʃiːnəʊ) /

nounplural 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 Boletineae: Also called: cep

Origin of porcino

Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig

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