cep

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[sɛp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an edible European mushroom with a smooth brown cap, a stout white stalk, and pores rather than gills, growing in dry woodland and much sought after as a delicacy


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from French cèpe, from Gascon cep ‘tree trunk, mushroom’, from Latin cippus ‘stake’




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