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mushroom

noun
/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/CA/ˈmɐʃˌɹʉːm/

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 ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse.

  1. derived from *mews-✻ — “mosses, mold, mildew”
  2. derived from *musą✻
  3. derived from *mosa✻ — “moss”
  4. derived from *mosu✻ — “moss”
  5. derived from mosse
  6. derived from moisseron
  7. derived from musherum
  8. inherited from muscheron

Definitions

  1. Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on…

    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.
    • Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.

  2. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

  3. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

    2. A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.

    3. One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life

      One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

      • upstarts […]call in reproach mushrooms

    4. Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

      • The craze [hula hoops] began in the U.S.A., and in October the boom crossed the Atlantic and 40 firms sprang into being, some being overnight mushrooms.

    5. Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.

    6. Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance,…

      Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

      • mushroom cloud

    7. 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.
      • In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity.
      • The world's population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, a super-elite with assets of at least $30m, has now mushroomed beyond 250,000 people, all in need of somewhere to store their wealth.

    8. To gather mushrooms.

      • We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend.

    9. To form the shape of a mushroom.

      • Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

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Derived

beefsteak mushroom, brain mushroom, button mushroom, Caesar's mushroom, cauliflower mushroom, chicken mushroom, Chinese mushroom, darning mushroom, enoki mushroom, fairy ring mushroom, field mushroom, fool's mushroom, fried chicken mushroom, gypsy mushroom, honey mushroom, horse mushroom, king oyster mushroom, king trumpet mushroom, little white mushroom, lobster mushroom, magic mushroom, maize mushroom, meadow mushroom, mushie, mushroom anchor, mushroom body, mushroom brush, mushroomburger, mushroom cloud, mushroom coral, mushroom cut, mushroomer, mushroom haircut, mushroom hat, mushroom head, mushroomic, mushroomless, mushroom-like, mushroomlike, mushroom millionaire · +19 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mushroom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA