porcino
Americannoun
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porcini
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of porcino
Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig
Example Sentences
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She couldn't remember "the specific purchase", but had previously bought a variety of mushrooms - shitake, porcini, enoki - from similar stores, she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Alta Adams’ chili crisp blends Fresno chiles smoked in-house and dehydrated, house-roasted peanuts, porcini mushroom powder and Ethiopian berbere spice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
In a fruitful season, common Washington mushrooms include chanterelles, boletus, morels, porcini, lobster mushrooms, Pacific Northwest matsutake and oyster mushrooms.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Ms. Ros is now known for applying world-class techniques to local ingredients — trout from the Soca River, cheese aged in the cellar, porcini from the forest nearby.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
The reporter followed Angelo on a porcini mushroom hunt and then into a duck blind at dawn.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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