Mushroom
WordNet
noun
(1) Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
(2) A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
(3) Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
(4) Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
verb
(5) Grow and spread fast
"The problem mushroomed"
(6) Pick or gather mushrooms
"We went mushrooming in the Fall"
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Etymology
musheron, musseron, from mousseron, from mussiriōnem, musariōnem, accusative of mussiriō, musariō "mushroom", from mousse "moss" (--first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss), of origin, from *mosa "moss" or mosa "moss", both from from . Akin to mos "moss, bog", mios "moss, mire",
mēos "moss", mōs "bog, marsh", mosi "moss", myrr "bog, mire". Replaced native swamm "mushroom" from . More at mire
Noun
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
See also
- cep, cèpe
- champignon
- chanterelle
- cremini
- fungus
- morel
- porcino
- portabela, portabella, portabello, portobela, portobella, portobello, portobelo
- shiitake
- toadstool
Adjective
- Containing or being made of mushrooms.
- mushroom soup
- Resembling a mushroom by shape or appearance.
- mushroom cloud