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Definition of Chantarelle

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

Definition of Chantarelle

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chanterelle) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chantarelle

Literary usage of Chantarelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1827)
"I do not, however, believe that the chantarelle ever forms those circles ... The old and prevalent name of chantarelle was bestowed upon this species on ..."

2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The chantarelle. — If anv mushroom deserves the title of Royal it doubtless should be given to this Chanterelle. Nero is said to have declared the Amanita. ..."

3. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"If any mushroom deserves the title of Royal it doubtless should be given to this chantarelle. Nero is said to have declared the Amanita ..."

4. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1899)
"Its average size is much smaller than the true chantarelle, and its much deeper orange hue, and straighter, more regularly branched and crowded gills, ..."

5. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1895)
"Its average size is much smaller than the true chantarelle, and its much deeper orange hue, and straighter, more regularly branched and crowded gills, ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Another fungus which may most safely be recommended is the chantarelle {Cantharellus cibarius), of a brilliant yellow colour, and fleshy solid irregular top ..."

7. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys, Cuvierian Society of Cork (1845)
"Lobed chantarelle. On moss on the banks in Ballyphehane bog, near Cork; Blarney.—rather rare. 764. ..."

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