porcino

Porcino is a large edible mushroom with a white stem and brown cap.

(noun)

An example of a porcino is a wild and widely eaten mushroom that's great in risotto.

See porcino in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. porcini

a large, fleshy, edible boletus mushroom (Boletus edulis) with a brown cap and a thick, white stem; cèpe: usually used in pl.

See porcino in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. por·ci·ni (-nē)

A large edible mushroom (Boletus edulis) widely distributed in woodlands, having a thick rounded brown cap. Also called cep.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , short for fungo porcino, porcine mushroom

Origin: , from Latin porcīnus; see porcine

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