mushroom

n. நாய்க்குடை, காளான், உணவுக்குரிய மழைக்குடைத்தாவரம், குடைவடிவப் பூஞ்சையின வளாச்சி, திடீர் வளர்ச்சிப் பொருள், புதுச் செல்வர், புத்துயர்வுற்றவர், கீழ்நோக்கி வளைந்த அருகுடைய மகளிர் வைக்கோல் தொப்பி வகை, (வினை) உணவுக்கான காளான்களைத் திரட்டு, துப்பாக்கித்தோட்டா வகையில் விரிவுற்றுத் தட்டையாக்கு.

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Mush"room, n. Etym: [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 portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn. (b) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous. 2. One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. Bacon. Mush"room, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup. 2. Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities. Mushroom anchor, an anchor shaped like a mushroom, capable of grasping the ground in whatever way it falls. -- Mushroom coral (Zoöl.), any coral of the genus Fungia. See Fungia. -- Mushroom spawn (Bot.), the mycelium, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure containing this growth, which are used for propagation of the mushroom.

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