Meaning & Definition of Mushroom in English
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Mushroom
/məʃrum/
noun
1. Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
synonym:
- mushroom
2. Mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
synonym:
- mushroom
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
synonym:
- mushroom
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:
- mushroom,
- mushroom cloud,
- mushroom-shaped cloud
5. Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
synonym:
- mushroom
verb
1. Pick or gather mushrooms
- "We went mushrooming in the fall"
synonym:
- mushroom
2. Grow and spread fast
- "The problem mushroomed"
synonym:
- mushroom
Examples of using
Any mushroom can be eaten, but some only once.
You can eat any mushroom once.
"Can I eat this mushroom?" "You can eat anything one time."