Analysis Complete

mushroom

/ mushroom /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
Type of:
vegetable veggie
Has parts:
stuffed mushroom
noun Sense 2
a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
Type of:
cloud
noun Sense 3
any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
Type of:
basidiomycete basidiomycetous fungi
Kinds of:
morel
noun Sense 4
common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
Opposites:
toadstool
Type of:
agaric
verb Sense 5
grow and spread fast
"The problem mushroomed"
Type of:
grow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
pick or gather mushrooms
"We went mushrooming in the Fall"
Type of:
pick pluck cull
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
99%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

vegetable veggie cloud basidiomycete basidiomycetous fungi morel agaric toadstool grow pick pluck cull