mushroom

mush·room

 (mŭsh′ro͞om′, -ro͝om′)

n.

1.

a. Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, especially one consisting of a stalk with an umbrella-shaped cap.

b. Any of such fungi that are edible, especially the widely cultivated species Agaricus bisporus, which includes the button, cremini, and portobello mushrooms.

c. The usually aboveground fruiting body of any of such fungi.

d. One of these fruiting bodies that produce hallucinations when ingested. Also called magic mushroom.

2. Something shaped like one of these fungi.

intr.v. mush·roomed, mush·room·ing, mush·rooms

1. To multiply, grow, or expand rapidly: The population mushroomed in the postwar decades.

2. To swell or spread out into a shape similar to a mushroom.

3. To collect wild mushrooms.

adj.

1. Relating to, consisting of, or containing mushrooms: mushroom sauce.

2. Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth or evanescence: mushroom towns.

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[Alteration (influenced by room) of Middle English musheron, from Anglo-Norman moscheron, musherum, from Old French mousseron, from Medieval Latin musariō, musariōn-.]

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mushroom

(ˈmʌʃruːm; -rʊm)

n

1. (Botany)

a. the fleshy spore-producing body of any of various basidiomycetous fungi, typically consisting of a cap (pileus) at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium. Some species, such as the field mushroom, are edible. Compare pileus, toadstool

b. (as modifier): mushroom soup.

2. (Botany) the fungus producing any of these structures

3.

a. something resembling a mushroom in shape or rapid growth

b. (as modifier): mushroom expansion.

vb (intr)

4. to grow rapidly: demand mushroomed overnight.

5. to assume a mushroom-like shape

6. (Agriculture) to gather mushrooms

[C15: from Old French mousseron, from Late Latin mussiriō, of obscure origin]

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mush•room

(ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm)
n.

1. any of various fleshy fungi, including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, and morels.

2. meadow mushroom.

3. anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth.

4. a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, esp. a nuclear explosion.

v.i.

5. to spread, grow, or develop quickly.

6. to gather mushrooms.

7. to assume the shape of a mushroom.

[1560–65; alter. (by folk etym.) of late Middle English muscheron, musseroun < Middle French mousseron « Late Latin mussiriōn-, s. of mussiriō]

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mush·room

(mŭsh′ro͞om′)

Any of various fungi having a stalk topped by a fleshy, often umbrella-shaped cap. Some mushrooms are edible; others are poisonous.

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mushroom

• mushroom - Before it was a mushroom, it was called either toadstool or funge, from Latin fungus; small mushrooms are called "buttons," medium-sized ones are "cups," and the largest are "flat" or "open" mushrooms.
• fly agaric - A mushroom with a narcotic juice that, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous.
• pileated - Etymologically means "capped," like a mushroom, but now refers to a bird with a crest on the top of the head from the bill to the nape.
• shiitake - Japanese for "evergreen beech, chinquapin" (shii) and "mushroom" (take).

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

mushroom

Past participle: mushroomed
Gerund: mushrooming

Imperative

mushroom

mushroom

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mushroom - common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside toadstool - common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
	2.	mushroom - mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
	3.	mushroom - any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi - any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota morel - any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
	4.	mushroom - a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud cloud - any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
	5.	mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant stuffed mushroom - mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach
Verb	1.	mushroom - pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall" cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
	2.	mushroom - grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed" grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

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mushroom

verb expand, increase, spread, boom, flourish, sprout, burgeon, spring up, shoot up, proliferate, luxuriate, grow rapidly The media training industry has mushroomed over the last decade.

Mushrooms and other edible fungi

black truffle, blewit, button mushroom, cep or porcini, champignon, chanterelle, horn of plenty, meadow mushroom, morel, oyster mushroom, puffball, shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig, shiitake mushroom, straw mushroom, white truffle, wood ear mushroom

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mushroom

verb

To increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control:

explode, snowball.

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Translations

عُشُّ الْغُرَابِفُطْريَتَكاثَر أو يَتَّسِع بِسُرْعَه

houbarychle se rozrůstat

champignonsvamp

PilzSchwammsich ausbreitenChampignon

μανιτάρι

champiñónsetahongocrecer de la noche a la mañana

seen

قارچ

sienipaisuasienestää

champignonchampignonner

gljiva

gombagomba módra szaporodik

jamur

sveppurstækka ört

fungocrescere rapidamente

キノコマッシュルーム茸

버섯

boletusfungus

augti kaip grybams po lietausgrybas

sēnestrauji augt

champignonpaddenstoelzwam

soppvokse rasktskyte opp som paddehatter

grzyb

cogumelofungopular

грибгрибнойгрибовидныйгрибница

hubarýchlo sa rozrásť

goba

svampsopp

เห็ด

mantarmantar gibi çoğalmak

nấm

蘑菇迅速增长

mushroom

[ˈmʌʃrʊm]

A. N (Culin) (round-topped) → champiñón m; (flat-topped) → seta f (Bot) → seta f, hongo m, callampa f (Chile)
a great mushroom of smoke → un enorme hongo de humo
to grow like mushrooms → crecer como hongos
to spring up like mushrooms (fig) → surgir como hongos

B. VI [town etc] → crecer vertiginosamente
the cloud of smoke went mushrooming up → una nube de humo ascendió en forma de hongo

C. CPD [salad, omelette etc] → de champiñones
mushroom cloud N → hongo m nuclear
mushroom growth N → crecimiento m vertiginoso
mushroom town N → ciudad f que crece vertiginosamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mushroom

[ˈmʌʃruːm]

n → champignon m

modif [soup, omelette, sauce] → aux champignons

vi (= grow) [town] → pousser comme un champignon; [population, costs] → augmenter rapidement; [company] → se développer rapidement; [number] → se multipliermushroom cloud n → champignon m atomique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mushroom

n → (essbarer) Pilz; (= button mushroom) → Champignon m; (= atomic mushroom) → Pilz m; a great mushroom of smoke → ein großer Rauchpilz; to spring up or sprout like mushrooms → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen

attr

(made of mushrooms) → Pilz-, Champignon-; mushroom soup → Pilz- or Champignonsuppe f; mushroom farm → Pilzzuchtbetrieb m; mushroom-picker → Pilzsammler(in) m(f)

(= mushroom-shaped) → pilzförmig

(= rapid and ephemeral) growth → sprunghaft

vi

to go mushrooming → in die Pilze gehen, Pilze sammeln (gehen)

(= grow rapidly) → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen; unemployment has mushroomed → die Arbeitslosigkeit ist explosionsartig angestiegen; to mushroom into something → sich rasch zu etw entwickeln

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mushroom

[ˈmʌʃrum]

1. n (Bot) → fungo

2. adj (soup, omelette) → ai or coi funghi; (flavour) → di funghi; (colour) → color beige rosato inv

3. vi

a. (town) → svilupparsi rapidamente; (houses) → spuntare come funghi
the cloud of smoke went mushrooming up → la nuvola di fumo si alzò prendendo la forma di un fungo

b. to go mushrooming → andare per funghi, andare a cercare funghi

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mushroom

(ˈmaʃrum) noun

a type of fungus, usually shaped like an umbrella, many varieties of which are edible. sampioen فُطْر гъба cogumelo houba der Pilz champignon μανιτάριseta, champiñón seen قارچ sieni champignonפטרייה कुकरमुत्ता gljiva gomba jamur sveppur fungo マッシュルーム 버섯 grybas sēne cendawan champignonsoppgrzyb قارچ cogumelo ciupercă гриб huba goba pečurka svamp, champinjon เห็ด mantar 蘑菇 гриб صماروغ، فطرہ nấm 蘑菇

verb

to grow in size very rapidly. The town has mushroomed since all the new industry was brought in. ongekende groei beleef يَتَكاثَر أو يَتَّسِع بِسُرْعَه разраствам се explodir rychle se rozrůstat sich ausbreiten vokse hurtigt ξεφυτρώνω, εξαπλώνομαι σαν μανιτάρι crecer de la noche a la mañana tõusma nagu seened pärast vihma بسرعت روياندن paisua pousser comme un champignon לִצמוֹחַ בִּמהֵרָה कुकुरमुत्ता कइट्ठा करना brzo se raširiti gomba módra szaporodik tumbuh pesat stækka ört crescere come funghi, (svilupparsi rapidamente) 急速に生じる 급격히 퍼지다 augti kaip grybams po lietaus strauji []augt berkembang pesat (bagai cendawan tumbuh) zich snel uitbreiden vokse raskt, skyte opp som paddehatter rosnąć jak grzyby po deszczu په چټکی explodir a creşte ca ciupercile după ploaie расти как грибы rýchlo sa rozrásť rasti ko goba po dežju bujati växa lavinartat ซึ่งเจริญเติบโตรวดเร็วและอยู่ได้ไม่นาน mantar gibi çoğalmak 迅速增長 рости швидко تیزی سے بڑھنا mọc nhanh như nấm （蘑菇似地）迅速增长

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mushroom

→ عُشُّ الْغُرَابِ houba champignon Pilz μανιτάρι champiñón sieni champignon gljiva fungo マッシュルーム 버섯 champignon sopp grzyb cogumelo гриб svamp เห็ด mantar nấm 蘑菇

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

mushroom

n. hongo, seta, champiñón;

___ poisoning → envenenamiento por ___ -s.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

mushroom

n (wild) hongo, seta; poisonous — hongo venenoso, seta venenosa

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