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Main Entry: 1mush·room
Pronunciation: 'm&sh-"rüm, -"rum; chiefly Northern and
Midland -"rün; dial 'm&-sh&-"rüm, -"rum, -"rün
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of Middle English musseroun, from Middle
French mousseron, from Late Latin mussirion-, mussirio
Date: 1533
1 a : an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus
(as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus;
especially : one that is edible b : FUNGUS
2 : UPSTART
3 : something resembling a mushroom