Mushroom vs. Swamp

Mushroomnoun

Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

Mushroomnoun

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Mushroomnoun

Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

Mushroomnoun

Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

Mushroomnoun

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Mushroomnoun

(figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

Mushroomadjective

Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

Mushroomverb

(intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.

Mushroomverb

To gather mushrooms.

Mushroomverb

To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.

Mushroomnoun

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.

Mushroomnoun

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Mushroomadjective

Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.

Mushroomadjective

Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.

Mushroomverb

to grow or expand rapidly.

Mushroomverb

to grow so much and so rapidly as to change qualitatively; used with into; as, a minor border skirmish mushroomed into a full-blown war.

Mushroomnoun

common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

Mushroomnoun

any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

Mushroomnoun

a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Mushroomnoun

fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

Mushroomverb

pick or gather mushrooms;

Mushroomverb

grow and spread fast;

Mushroom

A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. The standard for the name is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing.

Swampnoun

A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.

Swampnoun

A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.

Swampverb

To drench or fill with water.

Swampverb

(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swampnoun

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

Swampverb

To plunge or sink into a swamp.

Swampverb

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Swampverb

Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swampverb

To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

Swampverb

To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

Swampnoun

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

Swampnoun

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables;

Swampverb

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged;

Swampverb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in creating this environment.