n.
1.common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
2.any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
3.a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
4.fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi mushroom v.
1.pick or gather mushrooms
2.grow and spread fast
Idiom of the Day
stop, look, and listen
to be careful at street corners to stop and then look and listen for other cars.
We taught the children to stop, look, and listen when they cross the street.