- mousseron mushroom
- A wild mushroom with an off-white to beige color. The flavor is full-bodied and the texture is fleshy like bolets.
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mousseron mushroom
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Mushroom — Mush room, n. [OE. muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F. mousseron; perhaps fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See {Moss}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) An edible fungus ({Agaricus campestris}), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mushroom — ► NOUN 1) a spore producing body of a fungus, typically having the form of a domed cap at the top of a stalk and often edible. 2) a pale pinkish brown colour. ► VERB ▪ increase or develop rapidly. ORIGIN Old French mousseron … English terms dictionary
Mushroom — The mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as fly agaric A mushroom is the fleshy, spore bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name mushroom is the cultivated… … Wikipedia
mushroom — mushroomlike, adj. mushroomy, adj. /mush roohm, room/, n. 1. any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc. 2. any of several edible species, esp. of the family Agaricaceae, as Agaricus campestris… … Universalium
mushroom — n. & v. n. 1 the usu. edible spore producing body of various fungi, esp. Agaricus campestris, with a stem and domed cap, proverbial for its rapid growth. 2 the pinkish brown colour of this. 3 any item resembling a mushroom in shape (darning… … Useful english dictionary
mushroom — {{11}}mushroom (n.) mid 15c., muscheron, musseroun (attested 1327 as a surname, John Mussheron), from Anglo Fr. musherun, O.Fr. meisseron (11c., Mod.Fr. mousseron), perhaps from L.L. mussirionem (nom. mussirio), though this might as well be… … Etymology dictionary
mushroom — /ˈmʌʃrum / (say mushroohm) noun 1. any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc. 2. any of certain edible species belonging to the family Agaricaceae, usually of umbrella shape. Compare toadstool. 3.… …
mushroom — mush•room [[t]ˈmʌʃ rum, rʊm[/t]] n. 1) fng any of various fleshy fungi, including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, and morels 2) fng meadow mushroom 3) anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth 4) a large, mushroom shaped… … From formal English to slang
mushroom — mush|room1 [ˈmʌʃru:m, rum] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: mousseron, from Latin mussirio] one of several kinds of ↑fungus with stems and round tops, some of which can be eaten →↑toadstool ▪ mushroom soup mushroom 2 mushroom2 v [I] to gro … Dictionary of contemporary English
mousseron — [ mu:sərɒn] noun an edible mushroom with a flattish white cap, pink gills, and a mealy smell. [Clitopilus prunulus.] Origin from OFr. (see mushroom) … English new terms dictionary
mushroom — noun 1》 a spore producing fungal growth, often edible and typically having a domed cap with gills on the underside. 2》 a pale pinkish brown colour. verb 1》 increase or develop rapidly: environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s. 2》 form a… … English new terms dictionary
