mushroom
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mushroom/ˈmʌʃrʊm/
▶noun
- 1 a spore-producing fungal growth, often edible and typically having a domed cap with gills on the underside.
- 2 a pale pinkish-brown colour.
- 1 increase or develop rapidly: environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s.
- 2 form a shape resembling that of a mushroom.
- 3 (usu. as noun mushrooming) gather mushrooms.
– derivatives
mushroomy adjective.
mushroomy adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. mousseron, from late L. mussirio(n-).
'mushroom' also found in these Oxford entries:
amethyst deceiver
- blewit
- button mushroom
- cap
- cep
- chanterelle
- enoki
- field mushroom
- flap
- grisette
- honey fungus
- horn of plenty
- horse mushroom
- ink cap
- magic mushroom
- mousseron
- mushroom cloud
- mushroom growth
- myco-
- oyster mushroom
- parasol
- pileus
- poppet
- reishi
- shiitake
- shroom
- spawn
- straw mushroom
