champignon
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of champignon
1570–80; < Middle French, apparently ≪ Vulgar Latin *campīn ( us ) of the field ( see camp 1, -ine 1) + Latin -iōn- -ion
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Concerned, Paris officials dispatched special champignon sherlocks to inspect incoming truckloads of wild mushrooms at the central market, and the Pasteur Institute stepped up shipments of an antitoxin serum.
From Time Magazine Archive
As champagne was being poured in the galley, the French contingent's well-meaning but far-from-fluent American stewardess announced that "champignon " would soon be served.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most complete and symmetrical grass rings are formed by Marasmius orcades, the fairy ring champignon, but the mushroom and many other species occasionally form rings, both on grass-lands and in woods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
This champignon possesses the advantage of drying readily, and preserving its aroma for a long time.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
One dines at the Gran Hotel Kast after the fashion of a champignon sous cloche.
From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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