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   mush·room

   /ˈməSHˌro͞om/

   noun

   • 1. a fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap: "she sautéd the mushrooms in butter"
   • ▪ a thing resembling a mushroom in shape: "a mushroom of smoke and flames"
   • 2. a pale pinkish-brown color: "a mushroom leather bag"

   verb

   • 1. increase, spread, or develop rapidly: "environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s"
   • 2. (of the smoke, fire, or flames produced by an explosion) spread into the air in a shape resembling that of a mushroom: "the grenade mushroomed into red fire as it hit the hillside"
   • ▪ (of a bullet) expand and flatten on reaching its target: "these are high-performance bullets which mushroom upon impact"
   • 3. gather mushrooms: "the water's still pumped from a well and the chefs go mushrooming in the woods"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting any fungus having a fleshy fruiting body): from Old French mousseron, from late Latin mussirio(n-).

   Derivatives

   • 1. mushroomy adjective

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