‖ cèpe
(sɛːp)
Also cep (sɛp).
[a. F. cèpe a boletus, f. Gascon cep tree-trunk, mushroom, f. L. cippus a stake.]
An edible fungus of the genus Boletus.
| 1865 M. Eyre Lady's Walks xxix. 316 Stew it whole in vin ordinaire, together with some ham, a little butter, a little garlic, mushrooms or ceps, and a little salt. 1898 U.S. Dept. Agric. Yearbk. 1897 465 To this genus [sc. Boletus] belong the fungi known in France as cèpes, under which they are imported into this country. 1924 ‘A. D. Sedgwick’ Little French Girl i. i. 6 Alix was sometimes allowed to go to the forest with her and find cèpes. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Feb. 113/4 The dark-headed fungo porcino, the cep, Boletus edulis, was called suillus by the Romans. |