mushroom /'mʌʃrum/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
• (n.) mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
• (n.) any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

Chinese translation

• n. 蘑菇形物, 蘑菇, 暴发户
• vi. 迅速生长, 迅速增加, 采蘑菇
• a. 蘑菇形的, 迅速生长的

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'mʌʃrum/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.63 · Super Rare

Word forms

mushroomed, mushrooming, mushrooms

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