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Antonyms for mushroom

Grammar : Verb
Spell : muhsh-room, -roo m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm

Definition of mushroom

Origin :
  • mid-15c., muscheron, musseroun (attested 1327 as a surname, John Mussheron), from Anglo-French musherun, Old French meisseron (11c., Modern French mousseron), perhaps from Late Latin mussirionem (nominative mussirio), though this might as well be borrowed from French. Barnhart says "of uncertain origin." Klein calls it "a word of pre-Latin origin, used in the North of France;" OED says it usually is held to be a derivative of French mousse "moss" (from Germanic), and Weekley agrees, saying it is properly "applied to variety which grows in moss," but Klein says they have "nothing in common." For the final -m Weekley refers to grogram, vellum, venom. Modern spelling is from 1560s.
  • Used figuratively for something or someone that makes a sudden appearance in full form from 1590s. In reference to the shape of clouds after explosions, etc., it is attested from 1916, though the actual phrase mushroom cloud does not appear until 1955.
  • verb sprout; grow quickly
Example sentences :
  • Love that grows like a mushroom lasts about as long—only I don't call it love!
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Essence of anchovy is made sometimes with sherry, or madeira, instead of water, or with the addition of mushroom ketchup.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • This mushroom is especially free from grubs and it can be dried for winter use.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spores are the seeds or reproductive bodies of the mushroom.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Thicken the sauce with butter rolled in flour, season it with pepper and salt, essence of anchovy, and mushroom ketchup.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • This plant has the most beautiful yellow I have ever seen in a mushroom.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • I find that more people know the Morels than any other mushroom.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Mitremyces is made up of two words: mitre, a cap; myces, a mushroom.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • It should be carefully watched with the aid of a special or mushroom thermometer.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Ah,” said the Mushroom, “you see we have met after all, and so closely.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Synonyms for mushroom

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