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straw mushroom
[ straw muhsh-room, -room ]
noun
- a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cuisine.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of straw mushroom1
First recorded in 1915–20; translation of Chinese caǒ gū; so called because the mushrooms are grown on compost of rice straw
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Example Sentences
It was a brown straw mushroom with a dull red feather round it.
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