mushroom
21mushroom — mush|room1 [ mʌʃ,rum ] noun count * a FUNGUS (=type of plant) that usually has a short stem and a round top . Some mushrooms can be eaten, but many are poisonous. a. only before noun containing or made from mushrooms: mushroom soup/paté/risotto… …
22mushroom — 1 noun (C) one of several kinds of fungus with a flat top, some of which can be eaten: mushroom soup see also: magic mushroom 2 verb (I) 1 to grow and develop very quickly: New housing developments mushroomed on the edge of town. 2 (+ adv/prep)… …
23mushroom — mush•room [[t]ˈmʌʃ rum, rʊm[/t]] n. 1) fng any of various fleshy fungi, including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, and morels 2) fng meadow mushroom 3) anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth 4) a large, mushroom shaped… …
24mushroom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ poisonous ▪ cultivated ▪ wild ▪ fresh ▪ button …
25mushroom — mush|room1 [ˈmʌʃru:m, rum] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: mousseron, from Latin mussirio] one of several kinds of ↑fungus with stems and round tops, some of which can be eaten →↑toadstool ▪ mushroom soup mushroom 2 mushroom2 v [I] to gro …
26mushroom — [[t]mʌ̱ʃruːm[/t]] mushrooms, mushrooming, mushroomed 1) N VAR Mushrooms are fungi that you can eat. They have short stems and round tops. → See also button mushroom There are many types of wild mushrooms. ...eggs, bacon, sausage, and mushrooms …
27mushroom — mush·room || mʌʃrÊŠm , rÊŠËm n. any of numerous types of fungi that have short thick stems and cap like tops (of which some are highly poisonous and some are edible) v. gather mushrooms; sprout up rapidly like mushrooms, develop at a great… …
28mushroom — n 1. toadstool, puffball, coral fungus; champignon, chanterelle, morel, truffle, meadow mushroom, field mushroom. adj 2. mushroomlike, mushroomy. 3. provisional, temporary, occasional; short lived, ephemeral, transitory, fugacious, transient,… …
29mushroom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English musheron, from Anglo French musherum, musseron, from Late Latin mussirion , mussirio Date: 15th century 1. a. an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as a basidiomycete) that consists… …
30Mushroom — (jocular) person who is deliberately kept ignorant and misinformed (because, like a mushroom, they are kept in the dark and fed on shit ) …