mushroom

A person or family suddenly raised to riches and eminence: an allusion to that fungus, which starts up in a night.

Mushroom
·adj Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup. II. Mushroom ·noun One who rises suddenly...

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mushroom
n. The common English mushroom, Agaricus campestris, Linn., N.O. Fungi, aboundsin Australia, and th...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Mushroom-headed
·adj Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a m...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language