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| mush·room [ músh rm, músh rm ] |
noun (plural mush·rooms) |
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1. umbrella-shaped fungus: the usually umbrella-shaped spore-producing body of a fungus that consists of a fleshy cap on a stalk. Class Basidiomycetes.
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2. edible fungus: an edible mushroom, especially the field mushroom
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3. fast-growing thing: something that grows very fast
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intransitive verb (past and past participle mush·roomed, present participle mush·room·ing, 3rd person present singular mush·rooms) |
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1. grow quickly: to grow or develop very rapidly
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2. become mushroom-shaped: to swell into a shape like a mushroom
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3. pick mushrooms: to go mushroom picking
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| [15th century. Via French mousseron< late Latin mussirion- a type of mushroom] |
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  mush·room·y adjective |
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