champignon

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cham·pi·gnon

C0234600 (shăm-pĭn′yən)n. An edible mushroom, especially the much cultivated species Agaricus bisporus.
[French, alteration of Old French champigneul, probably from Vulgar Latin *(fungus) campiniolus, (fungus) growing in the fields, from Late Latin campānia, countryside; see campaign.]

champignon

(tʃæmˈpɪnjən) n (Plants) any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom. See also fairy ring[C16: from French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin campīnus (unattested) of the field, from Latin campus plain, field]

cham•pi•gnon

(ʃæmˈpɪn yən, ˌʃæm pɪnˈyɔ̃)

n., pl. -pi•gnons (-ˈpɪn yənz, -pɪnˈyɔ̃) an edible mushroom. [1570–80; < Middle French, appar. « Vulgar Latin *campīn(us) of the field (see camp1, -ine1) + French -on n. suffix]
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