mushroom

  • 31mushroom — Australian Slang (jocular) person who is deliberately kept ignorant and misinformed (because, like a mushroom, they are kept in the dark and fed on shit ) …

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  • 32mushroom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. boom, increase, expand, swell, puff up, snowball (inf.). See expansion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. toadstool, fungus, champignon (French), truffle. Edible mushrooms include: morel, chanterelle,… …

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  • 33mushroom n — 1) Why didn t the frog sit on the toadstool? Because there wasn t mushroom. 2) What kind of rooms have no walls? Mushrooms. fungi n …

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  • 34mushroom — noun 1》 a spore producing fungal growth, often edible and typically having a domed cap with gills on the underside. 2》 a pale pinkish brown colour. verb 1》 increase or develop rapidly: environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s. 2》 form a… …

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  • 35mushroom — [ˈmʌʃruːm] noun [C] I a small white or brown FUNGUS with a short stem and a round top that is often eaten as a vegetable See: toadstool II verb [I] mushroom [ˈmʌʃruːm] to increase or develop very quickly …

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  • 36mushroom (to) —  Expand.  ► “Few mainland Chinese have actually logged on to the Internet. . . . But those numbers are bound to mushroom as China rushes headlong to connect.” (Far Eastern Economic Review, July 27, 1995, p. 71) …

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  • 37mushroom —   Kūkaelio, māmalu.    ♦ Mushroom shaped, pokake …

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  • 38Mushroom hunting — Mushroom picking Franciszek Kostrzewski Mushroom hunting, mushrooming, mushroom picking, and similar terms describe the activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild, typically for eating. This is popular in most of Europe, including the Nordic,… …

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  • 39Mushroom cloud — created by smoke billows Ascending cloud from Redoubt Vol …

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  • 40Mushroom Networks — Type Private Industry Telecommunication Founded 2004 Headquarters San Die …

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