C19: from French cèpe, from Gascon dialect cep, from Latin cippus stake
porcino in British English
(pɔːˈtʃiːnəʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralporcini (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
Word origin
Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig
cep in American English
(sep)
noun
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor
Word origin
[1860–65; ‹ F cèpe ‹ Gascon cep mushroom, tree trunk ‹ L cip(p)us boundary stone, pillar]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, blind spot, metric system, mutualism, prep
Examples of 'cep' in a sentence
cep
Nothing fancy, just fresh fare: pike-perch or beef tournedos with cep mushrooms.
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His visit coincides with the vendange - the grape harvest - and the cep mushroom season.
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Meanwhile, soak the bread in a ladleful of the cep liquid.
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These include caviar, truffle, prawn, crab, shallot and cep drops.
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Yes, that's right: cep, as in wild mushroom.
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You can use wild mushrooms such as cep or girolle.
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How to cook them: exactly the same way as the cep (see previous page).
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They do so in bright, buzzy surroundings with dishes such as hake with salsify and cep mushrooms.
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An artichoke and cep soup tasted deeply of both artichoke and mushroom - in a good way.
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It turned out that the mushroom he'd thought was a common cep was the rare and highly toxic deadly webcap.