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Meaning of chanterelle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˈtʃæntəɹɛl/

Definitions

  1. A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
  2. The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.

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Examples

“Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void.”
“There were hushed moments of complete beauty when the melody moved out and hung above the chanterelle like a hummingbird poised over a flower.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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