Definition of Cantharellus
:a genus of fungi (family Agaricaceae) distinguished from other white-spored agarics by the low ridgelike and sometimes forked gills of the pileus and including the chanterelle
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Cantharellus
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Can·tha·rel·lus
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ˈkan(t)thəˈreləs
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Origin and Etymology of cantharellus
New Latin, diminutive of Latin cantharus drinking vessel
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