fungoid
Pathology. a growth having the characteristics of afungus.
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How to use fungoid in a sentence
Inside each was a small projection apparently of a fungoid character, that was phosphorescent.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyI looked down and saw a dozen of the giant crabs lumbering up out of the fungoid jungle from the direction of the great lake.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThe grain is replaced by a dense fungoid tissue (sclerotium) largely charged with an oily fluid.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousBut care must be taken that no fungoid growth reaches the germ, as this is easily fatal to it.
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex | Samuel Leopold SchenkBy thousands and millions, myriads of them advanced across the fungoid soil.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for fungoid
/ (ˈfʌŋɡɔɪd) /
resembling a fungus or fungi: a fungoid growth
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