Noun Definition

mushroom

1.Definition: a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Category: General

2.Definition: any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

Category: Plants

3.Definition: common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

Category: Plants

4.Definition: fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

Category: Food

5.Definition: mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

Category: Plants