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mushroom

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mushroom  \Mush"room\,  n.  [OE.  muscheron  OF  mouscheron  F. 
  mousseron  perhaps  fr  mousse  moss,  of  German  origin.  See 
  {Moss}.] 
  1.  (Bot.) 
  a  An  edible  fungus  ({Agaricus  campestris}),  having  a 
  white  stalk  which  bears  a  convex  or  oven  flattish 
  expanded  portion  called  the  pileus.  This  is  whitish 
  and  silky  or  somewhat  scaly  above,  and  bears  on  the 
  under  side  radiating  gills  which  are  at  first 
  flesh-colored,  but  gradually  become  brown.  The  plant 
  grows  in  rich  pastures  and  is  proverbial  for  rapidity 
  of  growth  and  shortness  of  duration.  It  has  a  pleasant 
  smell,  and  is  largely  used  as  food.  It  is  also 
  cultivated  from  spawn. 
  b  Any  large  fungus,  especially  one  of  the  genus 
  {Agaricus};  a  toadstool.  Several  species  are  edible; 
  but  many  are  very  poisonous. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mushroom  \Mush"room\,  a. 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  mushrooms;  as  mushroom  catchup. 
 
  2.  Resembling  mushrooms  in  rapidity  of  growth  and  shortness 
  of  duration;  short-lived;  ephemerial;  as  mushroom  cities. 
 
  {Mushroom  anchor},  an  anchor  shaped  like  a  mushroom,  capable 
  of  grasping  the  ground  in  whatever  way  it  falls. 
 
  {Mushroom  coral}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  coral  of  the  genus  Fungia. 
  See  {Fungia}. 
 
  {Mushroom  spawn}  (Bot.),  the  mycelium,  or  primary  filamentous 
  growth,  of  the  mushroom;  also  cakes  of  earth  and  manure 
  containing  this  growth,  which  are  used  for  propagation  of 
  the  mushroom. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mushroom 
  n  1:  common  name  for  an  edible  agaric  (contrasting  with  the 
  inedible  toadstool)  [ant:  {toadstool}] 
  2:  any  of  various  fleshy  fungi  of  the  subdivision  Basidiomycota 
  consisting  of  a  cap  at  the  end  of  a  stem  arising  from  an 
  underground  mycelium 
  3:  a  large  cloud  of  rubble  and  dust  shaped  like  a  mushroom  and 
  rising  into  the  sky  after  an  explosion  (especially  of  a 
  nuclear  bomb)  [syn:  {mushroom  cloud},  {mushroom-shaped 
  cloud}] 
  4:  fleshy  body  of  any  of  numerous  edible  fungi 
  v  1:  pick  or  gather  mushrooms;  "We  went  musrooming  in  the  Fall" 
  2:  grow  and  spread  fast  "The  problem  mushroomed"




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