1. (noun) mushroom
common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
Synonyms: mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud Antonyms: toadstool
2. (noun) mushroom
mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
Synonyms: mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud Antonyms: toadstool
3. (noun) mushroom
any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
Synonyms: mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud Antonyms: toadstool
4. (noun) mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud
a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
Synonyms: mushroom, mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud Antonyms: toadstool
5. (verb) mushroom
fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
Synonyms: mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud Antonyms: toadstool
6. (verb) mushroom
pick or gather mushrooms
Antonyms: toadstool
7. (verb) mushroom
grow and spread fast
Antonyms: toadstool
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