mushroom
/mˈʌʃrum/
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Definitions
Noun
common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
Noun
mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
Noun
any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
Noun
a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
Noun
fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
Verb
pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
Verb
grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"