See Also: champignon(dictionary)
Champignon Sauce(recipes)

champignon (iou)



champignon noun. Also champinion. L16.
[French (earlier champaignon), dim. of champagne: see CHAMPAIGN.]
A mushroom; a toadstool. Now spec. (a) the edible field mushroom Agaricus campestris; (b) an agaric, Marismius oreades, which often forms fairy-rings.