mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
ipa: /ˈmʌʃˌɹʊm/
rhymes: -ʌʃɹuːm
rhymes: -ʌʃɹʊm
Forms: form: mushrooms
Etymology: From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse.
Senses: examples: text: Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
text: Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 159:
synonyms: word: mushrump
word: shroom
glosses: Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
glosses: A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
glosses: Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
glosses: Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
topics: architecture
glosses: A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
examples: text: upstarts […]call in reproach mushrooms
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
examples: text: The craze [hula hoops] began in the U.S.A., and in October the boom crossed the Atlantic and 40 firms sprang into being, some being overnight mushrooms.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 129:
glosses: Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
glosses: Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.
Derived terms: word: beefsteak mushroom
word: brain mushroom
word: button mushroom
word: Caesar's mushroom
word: cauliflower mushroom
word: chicken mushroom
word: Chinese mushroom
word: darning mushroom
word: enoki mushroom
word: fairy ring mushroom
word: field mushroom
word: fool's mushroom
word: fried chicken mushroom
word: gypsy mushroom
word: honey mushroom
word: horse mushroom
word: king oyster mushroom
word: king trumpet mushroom
word: little white mushroom
taxonomic: Hypomyces lactifluorum
word: lobster mushroom
word: magic mushroom
word: maize mushroom
word: meadow mushroom
word: mushie
word: mushroom anchor
word: mushroom body
word: mushroom brush
word: mushroomburger
word: mushroom cloud
word: mushroom coral
word: mushroom cut
word: mushroomer
word: mushroom haircut
word: mushroom hat
word: mushroom head
word: mushroomic
word: mushroomless
word: mushroom-like
word: mushroomlike
word: mushroom millionaire
word: mushroomoid
word: mushroom party
word: mushroom root rot
word: mushroom-shaped
word: mushroom spawn
word: mushroom stamp
word: mushroom syndrome
word: mushroom tip
word: mushroomy
word: oyster mushroom
word: parasol mushroom
word: psilocybin mushroom
word: psychedelic mushroom
word: Satan's mushroom
word: shoestring mushroom
word: shrump
word: St. George's mushroom
word: straw mushroom
word: toothed jelly mushroom
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cepe
cèpe
champignon
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porcino
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portabella
portabello
portobela
portobella
portobello
portobelo
shiitake
toadstool