chanterelle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
    chantarelle; Cantharellus cibarius.

WordNet


Chan`te*relle" noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

Webster 1913