mushroom
noun
[ ˈmʌʃruːm ]
• a fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap.
• "she sautéd the mushrooms in butter"
• a pale pinkish-brown colour.
• "a mushroom leather bag"
mushroom
verb
• increase, spread, or develop rapidly.
• "environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s"
Similar:
proliferate,
grow/develop rapidly,
burgeon,
spread,
increase,
expand,
spring up,
shoot up,
sprout,
burst forth,
boom,
explode,
snowball,
rocket,
skyrocket,
thrive,
flourish,
prosper,
• form a shape resembling that of a mushroom.
• "the grenade mushroomed into red fire as it hit the hillside"
• gather mushrooms.
• "the water's still pumped from a well and the chefs go mushrooming in the woods"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting any fungus having a fleshy fruiting body): from Old French mousseron, from late Latin mussirio(n- ).
