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English Dictionary: mushroom by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mushroom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mushroom
n
  1. common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
    Antonym(s): toadstool
  2. mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
  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. a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
    Synonym(s): mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom- shaped cloud
  5. fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
v
  1. pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
  2. grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mushroom \Mush"room\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.
  
      2. Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness
            of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.
  
      {Mushroom anchor}, an anchor shaped like a mushroom, capable
            of grasping the ground in whatever way it falls.
  
      {Mushroom coral} (Zo[94]l.), any coral of the genus Fungia.
            See {Fungia}.
  
      {Mushroom spawn} (Bot.), the mycelium, or primary filamentous
            growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure
            containing this growth, which are used for propagation of
            the mushroom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mushroom \Mush"room\, n. [OE. muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F.
      mousseron; perhaps fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See
      {Moss}.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) An edible fungus ({Agaricus campestris}), having a
                  white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish
                  expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish
                  and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the
                  under side radiating gills which are at first
                  flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant
                  grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity
                  of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant
                  smell, and is largely used as food. It is also
                  cultivated from spawn.
            (b) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus
                  {Agaricus}; a toadstool. Several species are edible;
                  but many are very poisonous.
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