mushroom
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
any of several edible species, especially of the family Agaricaceae, as Agaricus campestris(meadow mushroom, or field mushroom ), cultivated for food in the U.S.
anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth.
a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, especially a nuclear explosion.
of, consisting of, or containing mushrooms: a mushroom omelet.
resembling a mushroom in shape or form.
of rapid growth and often brief duration: mushroom towns of the gold-rush days.
to spread, grow, or develop quickly.
to gather mushrooms.
to have or assume the shape of a mushroom.
Origin of mushroom
1Other words from mushroom
- mush·room·like, adjective
- mush·room·y, adjective
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How to use mushroom in a sentence
Other wins have included a mushroom porridge torta in 2012 and a sticky toffee porridge in 2014.
High levels of Penicillium fungi, for example, resulted in wine with low levels of octanoic acid, a volatile compound that can give wine a mushroom flavor.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste? | Carolyn Beans | September 10, 2020 | Science NewsOn average, bees exposed to pesticide had smaller mushroom bodies than did those in the control group.
Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning | Alison Pearce Stevens | May 18, 2020 | Science News For StudentsPesticide exposure during early life “may have affected the development of the neurons inside the mushroom body,” he says.
Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning | Alison Pearce Stevens | May 18, 2020 | Science News For StudentsHaving bigger mushroom bodies didn’t make it easier for those bees to learn.
Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning | Alison Pearce Stevens | May 18, 2020 | Science News For Students
For Iraq, it was the WMDs and the mushroom clouds (and yes, they were lies, people, not intelligence failures).
He even invited us to come back to the Luhansk region after the war and go mushroom picking with him.
If you could have a mushroom granola bar a half-hour before you work out, well, that would be ideal.
You can actually buy the same mushroom powder used in our study.
After determining that the bee pollen and mushroom broth were inedible, the “detox” quickly went downhill.
We Were Gwyneth’s GOOP Guinea Pigs | Erin Cunningham, Olivia Nuzzi | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneBut if you let cows get at a stack they will rub against it until it looks like a monster mushroom.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurOf certain features of existing places I have made a composite, which is the "mushroom Town" of this book.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsA large species of mushroom, of the puff-ball kind, was not uncommon, nearly equal in size to a man's head.
When done, turn it out and serve a good white mushroom sauce round it.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de Salis
British Dictionary definitions for mushroom
/ (ˈmʌʃruːm, -rʊm) /
(as modifier): mushroom soup
the fungus producing any of these structures
something resembling a mushroom in shape or rapid growth
(as modifier): mushroom expansion
to grow rapidly: demand mushroomed overnight
to assume a mushroom-like shape
to gather mushrooms
Origin of mushroom
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for mushroom
[ mŭsh′rōōm′ ]
Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, which usually consists of a stalk topped by an umbrella-shaped cap. Many mushrooms are basidiomycetes. Some species of mushrooms are edible, though many are poisonous. The term mushroom is often applied to the stalk and cap alone. See more at basidiomycete.
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