mushroom

noun
mush·room
/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/

Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

Other meanings

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

A kind of

vegetable

Example sentences

“I've been eating a lot of mushrooms lately.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“It's healthier to cook with eggplant or mushrooms than imitation meat.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old French "mosse".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “mushroom” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.