Search results
- Dictionarymush·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"
- 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"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of MUSHROOM is an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (such as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus; especially : one that is edible. How to use mushroom in a sentence.
Jun 20, 2024 · Mushroom, the conspicuous umbrella-shaped fruiting body (sporophore) of certain fungi, typically of the order Agaricales in the phylum Basidiomycota but also of some other groups. Popularly, the term mushroom is used to identify the edible sporophores; the term toadstool is often reserved for inedible sporophores.
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore -bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. Toadstool generally denotes one poisonous to humans. [1]
a type of fungus (= any of various types of organisms that get their food from decaying material or other living things) that grows soft parts above the ground that produce spores (= reproductive cells). Some types of mushroom can be eaten, and many types have a round top part that grows on a stem:
Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, which usually consists of a stalk topped by an umbrella-shaped cap. Many mushrooms are basidiomycetes. Some species of mushrooms are edible, though many are poisonous. The term mushroom is often applied to the stalk and cap alone.
noun. 1. a. the fleshy spore-producing body of any of various basidiomycetous fungi, typically consisting of a cap ( pileus) at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium. Some species, such as the field mushroom, are edible. Compare pileus, toadstool. b.
1. a. Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, especially one consisting of a stalk with an umbrella-shaped cap. b. Any of such fungi that are edible, especially the widely cultivated species Agaricus bisporus, which includes the button, cremini, and portobello mushrooms. c.
Definition of mushroom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MUSHROOM meaning: 1 : a fungus that is shaped like an umbrella; 2 : one that can be eaten often used before another noun.
mushroom, Fleshy spore-bearing structure of certain fungi ( see fungus ), typically of the phylum Basidiomycota. It arises from the mycelium, which may live hundreds of years or a few months, depending on its food supply.
