Definition of mushroom

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Definition of 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) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. mushroom-shaped cloud
    2. mushroom cloud
  • 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) (noun)
  • fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi (noun)
  • grow and spread fast (verb)

    Examples

    1. The problem mushroomed
  • mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) (noun)
  • pick or gather mushrooms (verb)

    Examples

    1. We went mushrooming in the Fall

See definition of mushroom in Merriam Webster