mushroom

English

/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/

noun
Definitions
  • Any of the fleshy fruiting fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
  • A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
  • Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
  • Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
  • (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
  • (obsolete) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
  • (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English musheron derived from musherum derived from Old French moisseron, mosse (moss) derived from Frankish *mosa (moss) derived from Old Dutch mosa (moss) derived from Proto-Germanic *musą (moss, marsh, bog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meus- (mold, mildew, mosses).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meus-

Gloss

mold, mildew, mosses

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