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Webster 1913 Edition
Mushroom
Mush′room
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to mushrooms;
as,
. mushroom
catchup2.
Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial;
as,
. mushroom
citiesWebster 1828 Edition
Mushroom
MUSH'ROOM
, n.1.
The common name of numerous cryptogamian plants of the natural order of Fungi. Some of them are esculent, others poisonous. Mushrooms grow on dunghills and in moist rich ground,and often spring up in a short time. The origin of man, in the view of the atheist, is the same with that of the mushroom.
2.
An upstart; one that rises suddenly from a low condition in life.Definition 2024
mushroom
mushroom
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Noun
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).
- 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.
- One of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- (obsolete, figuratively) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
Synonyms
- (fleshy fruiting body): shroom
Derived terms
Terms derived from mushroom
Translations
fruiting body of a fungus
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fungus itself
champignon — see champignon
See also
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Adjective
mushroom (not comparable)
- Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
- mushroom cloud
Translations
resembling a mushroom
Verb
mushroom (third-person singular simple present mushrooms, present participle mushrooming, simple past and past participle mushroomed)
- (intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.
- The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
- To gather mushrooms.
- We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend.
- (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.
Translations
to grow quickly