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Meaning and definition for "mushroom" word
[noun] 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] 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] common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
[verb] grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"
[verb] pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
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(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. 2. One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. --Bacon.
\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.
Synonyms for mushroom
mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud
Antonyms: toadstool
See also: agaric | basidiomycete | basidiomycetous fungi | cloud | cull | grow | morel | pick | pluck | stuffed mushroom | vegetable | veggie |
Related terms: bean, blossom, burst, conferva, Ectocarpales, fruits and vegetables, fungus, globe, grapevine, ivy, lentil, molds, moss, overtop, pulse, saprophyte, snowball, spherify, sprout up, succulent, toadstool, vegetate
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Let's analyse "mushroom" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: MOORHSUM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
mushroom: 3 + 6 + 6 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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