mushroom

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
2. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
3. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
4. Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
5. A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
6. (figuratively, obsolete) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
7. (figuratively) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.

Adj

Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
2. (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
3. (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
4. (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.

Synonyms

fungus

toadstool

mushroom cloud

tree fungus

fungi

white mushroom

mushroom-shaped cloud

champignon

cryptogam

distend

engulf

grow

lichen

mold

mould

puff

snowball

spread out

swell

swell up

spring up like mushrooms

upstart

grow quickly

tumesce

edible mushroom

basidiocarp

toad-stool

spread rapidly

barleria Longifolia

resembling testicles

straw mushroom

round mushroom

fung

calimocho

bowl cut

mushroom cut

helmet haircut

agaric

pot haircut

anise

balloon

🎈

bloat

boletus

button mushroom

cork

crescendo

Translations

champignon

🍄

Pilz

🍄

fungo

🍄

seta

🍄

hongo

μανιτάρι

cogumelo

🍄

mantar

🍄

paddenstoel

🍄

bolet

🍄

fungus

🍄

zwam

boletus

paddestoel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: muscheron

Cognate with Old High German: mosa

Cognate with Old High German: mos

Cognate with Old High German: mios

Cognate with Old English: mēos

Cognate with Old English: mōs

Cognate with Old Norse: mosi

Cognate with Old Norse: myrr

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μύκης

In summary

From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse.