different between mushroom vs porcini

English

Etymology

From Middle English musheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise (“moss”), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosa (“moss”) or Old Dutch mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English m?os (“moss”), Old English m?s (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *mus?, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?m????u?m/, /?m?????m/
• Hyphenation: mush?room

Noun

mushroom (plural mushrooms)

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

   Synonyms: (archaic) mushrump, shroom

2. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
3. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
4. Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
5. (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
6. (obsolete, figuratively) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

   • upstarts […] call in reproach mushrooms

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

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Adjective

mushroom (not comparable)

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

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Verb

mushroom (third-person singular simple present mushrooms, present participle mushrooming, simple past and past participle mushroomed)

1. (intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.
2. To gather mushrooms.

3. To form the shape of a mushroom.
   • 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair (page 173)

     Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

   1. (ballistics) Of a bullet: to form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian porcini, plural of porcino.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???t?i?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p????t?i?.ni/

Noun

porcini (plural porcini or porcinis)

1. An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis), prized for its flavor.
   • 1994, A Valley in Itay: The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria, Lisa St Aubin de Terán [1]

     Robbie, on the other hand, on his first trip out with Clara's brother Licio, gathered twenty-three porcini (more than his guide)

   Synonyms: cep, cepe, cèpe, penny bun

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Further reading

• Boletus edulis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prionic

Italian

Adjective

porcini

1. masculine plural of porcino

Noun

porcini m

1. plural of porcino

Anagrams

• ciprino, corpini

Latin

Adjective

porc?n?

1. nominative masculine plural of porc?nus
2. genitive masculine singular of porc?nus
3. genitive neuter singular of porc?nus
4. vocative masculine plural of porc?nus