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noun
A eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organism
noun
The flesh of such an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organism, being
Narrower terms: Dutch elm fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, ergot, Claviceps purpurea, black root rot fungus, Xylaria mali, dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha, sclerotinia, earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball, stalked puffball, slime mold, slime mould, pond-scum parasite, potato wart fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum, white fungus, Saprolegnia ferax, white rust, pythium, Phytophthora citrophthora, Phytophthora infestans, clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae, truffle, earthnut, earth-ball, coral fungus, tooth fungus, lichen, true fungus, basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi, shiitake, shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes, scaly lentinus, Lentinus lepideus, pink disease fungus, Corticium salmonicolor, bottom rot fungus, Corticium solani, potato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani, coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga, Volvaria bombycina, sac fungus, ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus, yeast, Aspergillus fumigatus, brown root rot fungus, Thielavia basicola, Wynnea americana, Wynnea sparassoides, false morel, lorchel, gyromitra, gasteromycete, gastromycete, stinkhorn, carrion fungus, true puffball, earthstar, Radiigera fuscogleba, bird's-nest fungus, Gastrocybe lateritia, Macowanites americanus, Gastroboletus scabrosus, Gastroboletus turbinatus, hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa, agaric, Fomes igniarius, bolete, jelly fungus, rust, rust fungus, smut, smut fungus, felt fungus, Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum, mold, mould, mildew, verticillium, monilia, candida, blastomycete, yellow spot fungus, Cercospora kopkei, green smut fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens, dry rot, rhizoctinia, earthtongue, earth-tongue
History
Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Displaced native Old English swamm.
Across languages
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
