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Noun mushroom has 4 senses

mushroom - common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
--₁ is a kind of agaric
Antonyms: toadstool

Derived form: verb mushroom₁
mushroom - any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
--₂ is a kind of basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi
--₂ has particulars: morel
mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud - a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
--₃ is a kind of cloud
mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
--₄ is a kind of vegetable, veggie
--₄ is a part of stuffed mushroom
Derived form: verb mushroom₁

Verb mushroom has 2 senses

mushroom - pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
--₁ is one way to pick, pluck, cull

Derived forms: noun mushroom₄, noun mushroom₁
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and mushroom
mushroom - grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"
--₂ is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s