Mushroom
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

CEP

CAP
A tight-fitting headdress

IVY
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

PEA
The fruit or seed of a pea plant

WAX
Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

CPE

MUT

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VINE
A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

WORT
Usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'

CEPS

FERN
Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

HERB
Aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

KELP
Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds

MOLD
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

MOSS
Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

RUST
A plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi

BALL
The game of baseball

BEAD
A small ball with a hole through the middle

BEAN
Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

BREW
Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"

GROW
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

CPES

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CORAL
Marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

ENOKI

FIELD
A particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

FRUIT
An amount of a product

FUCUS
Any member of the genus Fucus

FUNGI
The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants

GLOBE
A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

GOOFF
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

KELPS

LIANA
A woody climbing usually tropical plant

MOLDS

MOULD
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

PANUS

PANZA

PULSE
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"

SHOOT
The act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

SWELL
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo

TOWER
A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

VETCH
Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

WHITE
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

WRACK
Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

MOREL
Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap

CLOUD
A group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

ALGAE
Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

ANISE
Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery

BROWN
A university in Rhode Island

BURST
The act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

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INKCAP

FUNGUS
An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

AGARIC
A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

BLOWUP
A photographic print that has been enlarged

BUTTON
A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

DIATOM
Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

EXPAND
Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

GATHER
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

GROWUP
Become an adult

MATURE
Become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"

MOULDY
Covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

OYSTER
Edible body of any of numerous oysters

SPHERE
Any spherically shaped artifact

SPREAD
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

SPROUT
A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

THRIVE
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"

LEGUME
An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

LENTIL
Round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food

LICHEN
Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.

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AMANITA
Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions

BALLOON
Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

BLOSSOM
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

BRACKEN
Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

BURGEON
Grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

CLIMBER
An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing

CREEPER
Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet

DEVELOP
Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

EXPLODE
Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"

MOULDER
Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

OUTGROW
Grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"

OVERTOP
Look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

PARASOL
A handheld collapsible source of shade

PARVENU
A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

PORCINI

SEAMOSS
Any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)

SEAWEED
Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

SHOOTUP
Rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"

SNOWCAP
A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)

UPSHOOT

UPSPEAR

UPSTART
A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

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CONFERVA
Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water

DETONATE
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

FLOURISH
A display of ornamental speech or language

GULFWEED
Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

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

OVERGROW
Become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"

PARASITE
An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

PENNYBUN

PUFFBALL
Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

REDALGAE
Marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan