mushroom

noun

fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

verb

grow and spread fast

pick or gather mushrooms

Roots

mousseronmushroom- · Old French · fungus

Synonyms for mushroom

toadstooln fungin fungusn

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The word mushroom breaks down into one root of Old French origin: the root mushroom, from Old French mousseron (“fungus”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.