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Definitions for Mushroom
[1] any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
[2] 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.
[3] anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth.
[4] a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, especially a nuclear explosion.
[5] of, consisting of, or containing mushrooms: a mushroom omelet.
[6] resembling a mushroom in shape or form.
[7] of rapid growth and often brief duration: mushroom towns of the gold-rush days.
[8] to spread, grow, or develop quickly.
[9] to gather mushrooms.
[10] to have or assume the shape of a mushroom.
[11] the fleshy spore-producing body of any of various basidiomycetous fungi, typically consisting of a cap (pileus) at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium. Some species, such as the field mushroom, are edible Compare pileus, toadstool (as modifier ) mushroom soup
[12] the fungus producing any of these structures
[13] something resembling a mushroom in shape or rapid growth (as modifier ) mushroom expansion
[14] to grow rapidly demand mushroomed overnight
[15] to assume a mushroom-like shape
[16] to gather mushrooms
Words related to Mushroom
explode, proliferate, boom, burgeon, flourish, expand, detonate, augment, burst, luxuriate, increase, spread, grow
Words nearby Mushroom
musher, mushhead, mushin, mushmelon, mushmouth, mushroom, mushroom anchor, mushroom cloud, mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy
Origin of Mushroom
1350–1400; alteration (by folk etymology) of Middle English muscheron, musseroun < Middle French mousseron ≪ Late Latin mussiriōn-, stem of mussiriō
Other words from Mushroom
mush·room·like , adjective
mush·room·y , adjective
Word origin for Mushroom
C15: from Old French mousseron, from Late Latin mussiriō, of obscure origin
Synonyms for Mushroom
boom, burgeon, expand, explode, flourish, proliferate, shoot up, augment, burst, detonate, grow, increase, luxuriate, spread, blow up, go off, grow rapidly, spring up