mushroom

mush·room  (mshrm, -rm)

n.

1. Any of various fleshy fungi of the class Basidiomycota, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk, especially any of the edible kinds, as those of the genus Agaricus.

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.

adj.

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

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

---

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

---

mushroom [ˈmʌʃruːm -rʊm]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany)

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

b.  (as modifier) mushroom soup

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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)

1. to grow rapidly demand mushroomed overnight

2. to assume a mushroom-like shape

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to gather mushrooms

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

---

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]

---

mushroom  (mshrm) Any of various basidiomycete fungi whose mycelium produces a spore-dispersing body (called a basidioma) that usually consists of a stalk topped by a fleshy, often umbrella-shaped cap. Some species of mushrooms are edible, though many are poisonous. The term mushroom is often applied to the stalk and cap alone. See more at basidiomycete.

mushroom clockwise from top: chanterelle, yellow morel, King boletus, and shaggy mane mushrooms

---

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).

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"

---

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

Translations

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

---

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 multiplier
mushroom cloud n → champignon m atomique

---

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

---

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

---

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 μανιτάρι seta, champiñón seen قارچ sieni champignon פִּטרִייָה कुकरमुत्ता gljiva gomba jamur sveppur fungo マッシュルーム 버섯 grybas sēne cendawan champignon sopp grzyb قارچ cogumelo ciupercă (съедобный) 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

---

mushroom → عيش الغراب 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

---

mushroom

n.  hongo, seta, champiñón; ___ poisoning → envenenamiento por ___ -s.