Meaning & use
Cep
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An edible wild mushroom with a thick stem and a brown cap, prized in cooking; also known as a porcini mushroom.
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The chef sautéed fresh ceps with garlic and butter.
Foragers searched the forest floor for ceps after the autumn rain.
A note on using this word
The name comes from the French "cèpe," itself from a Gascon word for a tree trunk, alluding to the mushroom's stout stem.
Words with a similar meaning
porcinipenny bun
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