Champignon Definition

shăm-pĭnyən
noun
Any of various edible mushrooms, esp. the meadow mushroom.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Champignon

Noun

Singular:
champignon
Plural:
champignons

Origin of Champignon

  • French alteration of Old French champigneul probably from Vulgar Latin (fungus) campiniolus (fungus) growing in the fields from Late Latin campānia countryside campaign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French champignon.

    From Wiktionary

Champignon Sentence Examples

  • Many other fungi in addition to the fairy-ring champignon grow in circles, so that this habit must merely be taken with its other characters in cases of doubt.

  • The mushroom is a semi-deliquescent fungus which rapidly falls into putridity in decay, whilst the champignon dries up into a leathery substance in the sun, but speedily revives and takes its original form again after the first shower.

  • The most complete and symmetrical grass rings are formed by Marasmius oreades, the fairy ring champignon, but the mushroom and many other species occasionally form rings, both on grass-lands and in woods.

  • Marasmius oreades, the " fairy ring champignon " that can cause killing zones in grass turf.

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