chanterelle
noun
chan·te·relle ˌshan-tə-ˈrel 
ˌshän-
: a fragrant edible mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius) usually having a yellow to orange color
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Understanding the difference between a safe mushroom like a chanterelle and a poisonous species is key. 
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 Then there was a mushroom risotto, the color of driftwood, with immaculate morsels of sauteed chanterelle mushroom contributing a shock of apricot color to the bowl. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 These days, as Hammel explains, its main dinner menu offers up things like ground cherries and lamb ribs and chanterelles and gai lan and fermented squash. Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2019 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 See More
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 Then there was a mushroom risotto, the color of driftwood, with immaculate morsels of sauteed chanterelle mushroom contributing a shock of apricot color to the bowl. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 These days, as Hammel explains, its main dinner menu offers up things like ground cherries and lamb ribs and chanterelles and gai lan and fermented squash. Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2019 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Seven years later, three people in Scotland mistook it for a chanterelle. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, gallicization of New Latin Cantharellus, genus name, earlier a specific epithet, from Latin cantharus "large drinking cup with handles" (borrowed from Greek kántharos, of uncertain origin) + -ellus, diminutive suffix
Note: See note at cantharis
First Known Use
1777, in the meaning defined above