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cep

or cèpe  (sĕp)
[French cèpe, from Gascon cep, tree trunk, cep, from Latin cipus, cippus, post, boundary marker.]
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cep

(sɛp)
n
(Plants) another name for porcino
[C19: from French cèpe, from Gascon dialect cep, from Latin cippus stake]
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cep

or cèpe

(sɛp)

n.
a brown-capped boletus mushroom, Boletus edulis, prized for its flavor.
[1860–65; < French cèpe < Gascon cep mushroom, tree trunk < Latin cip(p)us boundary stone, pillar]
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Translations

cep

n (Bot) → Steinpilz m
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cep

[sɛp] n (mushroom) → porcino
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References in periodicals archive ?
The situation in Wales is reflected across northern Europe with poor harvests in Italy and France of porcini - what we call cepes - considered by many as the finest-tasting and most versatile of mushrooms.
If I said "cepes" to you, would you be offended or would you shout "whoopee"?
PIGEONNEAU DE LANDES EN VESSIE WITH PERFUME OF CEPES AND ROOT VEGETABLES
"We'll have a three-mushroom tart made with fresh and dried cepes. Then I'll shave the truffles onto beef Stroganoff and loin of elk with marionberry sauce.
Roasted Barramundi with cauliflower cream, cepes and broccolini polanaise