porcino

American

[pawr-chee-noh] / pɔrˈtʃi noʊ /

noun

Italian Cooking.

Usually porcini cep.

porcino British

/ pɔːˈtʃiːnəʊ /

noun

Also called: cep. 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

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noun

porcini

plural

Etymology

Origin of porcino

Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig

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