Definition of Champignon

1. n. An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

Definition of Champignon

1. Noun. ''Agaricus bisporus'', the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Champignon

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Champignon

champed
champeen
champeens
champer
champers
champerties
champertor
champertors
champertous
champerty
champeta
champfrein
champfreins
champian
champians
champignon (current term)
champignons
champing
champion
champion-elect
champion lode
championed
championess
championesses
championing
championless
champions
champions-elect
championship
championships

Literary usage of Champignon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... the champignon never grows in woods, Such mistakes ought never to occur. Of the esculent properties of the Boleti we ourselves have not much experience. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... valuable is thus utilized, and a uniform degree of moisture and temperature more easily maintained. They are of one variety, the champignon de couche ..."

3. Animal Castration by Alexandre François Augustin Liautard (1884)
"We refer now to the complication known as the formation of a champignon. ... The name "champignon" (or mushroom) is applied to it by the French, ..."

4. Bulletin (Geological Survey of Western Australia). by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1893)
"Ce champignon se conserve et vil même 1res bien dans la terre ; c'est ce qui explique pourquoi on a vu celle terrible maladie apparaître dans une vigne ..."

5. Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of by Samuel Charles Brees (1859)
"M. Leon Coste has endeavoured to obviate the defects that we have just pointed out in the champignon rail, by altering the form of the rail to nearly that ..."

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