| a combining form representing fungus in compound words: fungicide. |
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noun, plural fun⋅gi [fuhn-jahy, fuhng-gahy] , fun⋅gus⋅es, adjective | 1. | any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae. |
| 2. | Pathology. a spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound. |
| 3. | fungous. |
[fuhn-jik] , adjective | fun·gi (fŭn'jī, fŭng'gī) n. A plural of fungus. |
| fun·gus (fŭng'gəs) n. pl. fun·gi (fŭn'jī, fŭng'gī) or fun·gus·es Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms. [Latin; perhaps akin to Greek spongos, sphongos, sponge.] |
sing. fungus
Plantlike organisms lacking chlorophyll, such as mushrooms, molds, yeasts, and mildews. Modern biologists tend to place fungi in their own kingdom, not in the plant kingdom, because they get their nutrients from other living things (or from the remains of living things that have died) rather than from photosynthesis. (See under “Medicine and Health.”)
(face) fungus
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Fungi Fun·gi (fŭn'jī, fŭng'gī)
n.
A kingdom of plantlike sporeforming organisms that grow in irregular masses without roots, stems, leaves, or photosynthetic.
fungus fun·gus (fŭng'gəs)
n. pl. fun·gus·es or fun·gi (fŭn'jī, fŭng'gī)
Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies.
