Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mushroom
Mushroom
mushroom
n. & v. --n. 1 the usu. edible spore-producing body of various fungi, esp. Agaricus campestris, with a stem and domed cap, proverbial for its rapid growth. 2 the pinkish-brown colour of this. 3 any item resembling a mushroom in shape (darning mushroom). 4 (usu. attrib.) something that appears or develops suddenly or is ephemeral; an upstart. --v.intr. 1 appear or develop rapidly. 2 expand and flatten like a mushroom cap. 3 gather mushrooms. Phrases and idioms mushroom cloud a cloud suggesting the shape of a mushroom, esp. from a nuclear explosion. mushroom growth 1 a sudden development or expansion. 2 anything undergoing this. Derivatives mushroomy adj. Etymology: ME f. OF mousseron f. LL mussirio -onis
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English musheron, from Anglo-French musherum, musseron, from Late Latin mussirion-, mussirio Date: 15th century 1. an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus, fungus, upstart, something resembling a ~, II. intransitive verb Date: 1893 1. to well up and spread out laterally from a central source, to become enlarged or extended ; grow, to collect wild ~s, to spring up suddenly or multiply rapidly ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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