Mushroom | Mean of mushroom in English Dictionary

/ˈmʌʃˌruːm/

• Noun
• a fungus that is shaped like an umbrella
1. wild mushrooms
• one that can be eaten
1. cut up some mushrooms for the salad
2. mushroom soup
3. a mushroom cap [=the top part of a mushroom]
• Verb
• to increase or develop very quickly
1. The population has mushroomed [=shot up] over the past 10 years. = The town has mushroomed in population over the past 10 years.
2. Interest in local history is suddenly mushrooming.
3. Her hobby mushroomed into a thriving business.

• to collect wild mushrooms
1. He goes mushrooming in the spring every year.