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mush·room
 mushroom
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- pronunciation:
- muhsh
rum
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition: |
a fungus with a stalk and a cap that looks like a small umbrella. Some kinds of mushrooms can be eaten; other kinds are poisonous. Mushrooms live in damp places and are the fruiting bodies of certain kinds of fungi.
We like peppers and mushrooms on our pizza.
- similar words:
- fungus, toadstool
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of or containing mushrooms.
This mushroom soup is delicious. |
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verb |
| inflections: |
mushrooms, mushrooming, mushroomed |
| definition: |
to appear, grow, spread, or develop quickly, like a mushroom.
At first the couple had only one small store, but their business has mushroomed in the past few years.- synonyms:
- snowball, sprout
- similar words:
- appear, boom, emerge, flourish, grow, spring
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| related words: |
enlarge, increase, wax |
| derivation: |
mushroomlike (adj.) |
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