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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: mousseron, from Latin mussirio

mushroom

1 noun
     
mushroom
mush‧room1 [countable]
DF one of several kinds of fungus with stems and round tops, some of which can be eaten [↪ toadstool]:
mushroom soup
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