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fun⋅gus

  [fuhng-guhs] noun, plural fun⋅gi  [fuhn-jahy, fuhng-gahy] , fun⋅gus⋅es, adjective
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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.
–adjective
3. fungous.
Origin:
1520–30; < L: fungus, mushroom; perh. akin to Gk spóngos, sphóngos sponge

Related forms:
fun⋅gic  [fuhn-jik] , adjective
fun⋅gus⋅like, adjective
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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.]
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Slang Dictionary
(face) fungus

  1. n.
    whiskers; a beard. : If John would shave off that face fungus, he'd look a lot better.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fungus 
1527, from L. fungus, learned alternative to mushroom. (Though funge was used in this sense late 14c.). The L. is believe to be cognate with (or derived from) Gk. sphongos, the Attic form of spongos "sponge" (see sponge).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fun·gus
Pronunciation: 'f&[ng]-g&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fun·gi /'f&n-"jI also'f&[ng]-"gI/ also fun·gus·es /'f&[ng]-g&-s&z/
often attributive 1 : any of the major group Fungi ofsaprophytic and parasitic spore-producing organisms that lack chlorophyll, are often considered to be plants, and include the ascomyetes, basidiomycetes, phycomycetes, imperfect fungi, and slime molds
2 : infection with a fungus
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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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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