Definition of Porcino

1. an edible mushroom [n -NI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porcino

porcelanite
porcelanites
porcellaneous
porch
porch monkey
porch monkeys
porches
porchetta
porchlike
porchway
porchways
porciform
porcine
porcini
porcinis
porcino (current term)
porcupine
porcupine ball
porcupine fish
porcupine provision
porcupine puffer
porcupine puffers
porcupinefish
porcupines
pore
pore fungus
pore mushroom
pore over
pore space
pore spaces

Literary usage of Porcino

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

1. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"Covered walk. porcino, sm. 1. A young pig. Рая porcino, (Bot.) Sow bread. ... porcino, na, a. Hoggish, relating to a hog. Porción, if. 1. ..."

2. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... SHI. pig-sly; nitty place porcino, -a, a. of a hog, filthy, nitty; pan- porcino, (luit.) hogs-wort Parco, <m. (tool. ..."

3. Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed ingleseby Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1807)
"... like the ear of Indian corn. Paii('<ro,sm a measureof land, the twelfth paît of an acre, or thereabouts. Pan porcino, sm sow-bread, ..."

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