[French cèpe, from Gascon cep, tree trunk, cep, from Latin cipus, cippus, post, boundary marker.]
por·ci·no (pôr-chē'nō) n.
pl.por·ci·ni (-nē) A large edible mushroom (Boletus edulis) widely distributed in woodlands, having a thick rounded brown cap. Also called cep.
[Italian, short for fungo porcino, porcine mushroom, from Latin porcīnus; see porcine.]