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chanterelle

Noun

chan=te=relle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

chanterelle(n = noun.plant) cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle - widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma; Array

is a kind of agaric

is a member of cantharellus, genus cantharellus

chanterelle, n. [F.].

A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. [1913 Webster]

chanterelle, n. an edible fungus, Cantharellus cibarius, with a yellow funnel-shaped cap and smelling of apricots.

Etymology

F f. mod.L cantharellus dimin. of cantharus f. Gk kantharos a kind of drinking vessel

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