Etymology

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Today it means: An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis). Full definition →

French cèpe
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  1. French · borrowed fromcèpe
  2. English todaycep

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.