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mushroom

nounmasculinegeneral usevery common/kuɣuˈmɛlu/co·gu·me·lo

Definition

1

The spore-producing, often edible or poisonous fruiting body of a fungus, typically with a stem and cap; also refers to the mushroom-shaped cloud from a nuclear explosion.

Usage examples

“We picked wild mushrooms in the woods.”
“The atomic blast created a characteristic mushroom cloud.”

Common combinations

poisonous mushroomedible mushroommushroom cloud