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mushroom definition
mush·room (mus̸h′ro̵̅o̅m′, -ro̵om′)
noun
- any of various rapidly growing, fleshy fungi, typically having a stalk capped with an umbrellalike top; esp., a gill or pore fungus
- the fruiting body of such a fungus
- an edible fruiting body of such a fungus
- anything like a mushroom in shape or rapid growth
Etymology: ME muscheron < OFr moisseron < LL mussirio (gen. mussirionis)
adjective
- of or made with mushrooms
- like a mushroom in shape or rapid growth a mushroom cloud
intransitive verb
- to hunt for and gather wild mushrooms
- to grow or spread rapidly
- to flatten out at the end so as to resemble a mushroom
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