mushroom
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, /ˈmʌʃˌɹʊm/
mushroom (plural mushrooms)
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Synonyms: mushrump, shroom
- Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
- Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
- (obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC ↗:
- upstarts […] call in reproach mushrooms
- (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
- Ellipsis of mushroom cloud
- French: champignon
- German: Pilz, Schwamm (Bavaria)
- Italian: fungo
- Portuguese: cogumelo
- Russian: гриб
- Spanish: hongo, seta
mushroom (not comparable)
- Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
- Portuguese: (em forma) de cogumelo
- Russian: грибови́дный
mushroom (mushrooms, present participle mushrooming; simple past and past participle mushroomed)
- (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
- The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
- (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
- We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend.
- (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
- 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair, page 173:
- Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.
- French: champignonner
- German: wuchern
- Portuguese: estourar, explodir
- French: champignonner
- German: Pilze ernten, Pilze sammeln
- Portuguese: colher cogumelos
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