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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·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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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.
