CHANTARELLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chantarelle mean? 

• CHANTARELLE (noun)
  The noun CHANTARELLE has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma

  Familiarity information: CHANTARELLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANTARELLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cantharellus cibarius; chantarelle; chanterelle

Hypernyms ("chantarelle" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("chantarelle" is a member of...):

Cantharellus; genus Cantharellus (a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles)