Definition of Mushroom

  • 1. Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) Noun
  • 2. Mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) Noun
  • 3. Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium Noun
  • 4. A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) Noun
  • 5. Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi Noun
  • 6. Pick or gather mushrooms Verb
  • 7. Grow and spread fast Verb

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