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cham⋅pi⋅gnon

  [sham-pin-yuhn or, especially Brit., cham-; Fr. shahn-pee-nyawn]
–noun, plural -pi⋅gnons  [-pin-yuhnz; Fr. -pee-nyawn] .
mushroom (defs. 1, 2).
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Origin:
1570–80; < MF, appar. ≪ VL *campīn(us) of the field (see camp 1 , -ine 1 ) + L -iōn- -ion
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cham·pi·gnon   (shām-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.]
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