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mushroom
[ muhsh-room, -room ]
noun
- any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- any of several edible species, especially of the family Agaricaceae, as Agaricus campestris meadow mushroom, or field mushroom, cultivated for food in the U.S.
- anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth.
- a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, especially a nuclear explosion.
adjective
- of, consisting of, or containing mushrooms:
a mushroom omelet.
- resembling a mushroom in shape or form.
- of rapid growth and often brief duration:
mushroom towns of the gold-rush days.
verb (used without object)
- to spread, grow, or develop quickly.
- to gather mushrooms.
- to have or assume the shape of a mushroom.
mushroom
/ -rʊm; ˈmʌʃruːm /
noun
- ( as modifier )
mushroom soup
- the fungus producing any of these structures
- something resembling a mushroom in shape or rapid growth
- ( as modifier )
mushroom expansion
verb
- to grow rapidly
demand mushroomed overnight
- to assume a mushroom-like shape
- to gather mushrooms
mushroom
- Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, which usually consists of a stalk topped by an umbrella-shaped cap. Many mushrooms are basidiomycetes. Some species of mushrooms are edible, though many are poisonous. The term mushroom is often applied to the stalk and cap alone.
- See more at basidiomycete
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ۴Ǵdz· adjective
- ܲ۴Ǵdz· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mushroom1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mushroom1
Example Sentences
The estranged husband of a woman who served a poisonous mushroom lunch to her family says it was "very rare" for her to hold social gatherings at home.
An Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, but will argue the "tragedy" was a "terrible accident".
Prosecutors have dropped some of the charges against an Australian woman accused of killing three relatives and seriously injuring another with a toxic mushroom lunch.
Stacie and her partner were in a rough spot in their relationship when they first decided to take psilocybin together, the psychedelic drug in so-called "magic mushrooms."
In Newman’s real life, it was a psychoactive psilocybin mushroom that, like all of them, stains blue when bruised.
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