Oct. 29th, 2019

girolle

Oct. 29th, 2019 07:49 am
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girolle (ji-ROHL) - n., a chanterelle.


That is, another name for any of the several species of eminently edible wild mushrooms.

Girolle, or chanterelle
Thanks, WikiMedia!

The word is, of course, from French, from Latin gȳrus, circle + diminutive ending.

---L.
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