chanterelle
noun/ˌʃɑːntəˈrel/
/ˌʃæntəˈrel/
- a yellow mushroom that grows in woods, has a hollow part in the centre and can be eatenWord Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from modern Latin cantharellus, diminutive of cantharus, from Greek kantharos, denoting a kind of drinking container.
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