mushroom
nounmasculine/kuɣuˈmɛlu/high
co·gu·me·lo
Definition
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.
We picked wild mushrooms in the woods.
The atomic blast created a characteristic mushroom cloud.
Common collocations
poisonous mushroomedible mushroommushroom cloud
Etymology
Do latim vulgar 'cucumellus', diminutivo de 'cucuma' (vaso).