Fungus
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English
Noun
Fungus (plural fungi or funguses)- Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Notes
The plural form fungi comes directly from the Latin. See that entry for information about the several English pronunciations in use.
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Adjectives for Fungus
decayed, dismal.
Thesaurus
adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, amphibian, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, benign tumor, biennial, blast, blight, bread mold, bug, callosity, callus, cancer, canker, carcinoma, coccus, corn, cosmopolite, cutting, cyst, deciduous plant, dicot, dicotyledon, disease-producing microorganism, dry rot, echovirus, enterovirus, ephemeral, ergot, evergreen, excrescence, exotic, filterable virus, flowering plant, fungosity, gametophyte, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, green mold, growth, gymnosperm, hydrophyte, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, microbe, microorganism, mildew, mold, mole, monocot, monocotyl, morbid growth, moth, moth and rust, mushroom, must, neoplasm, nevus, nonfilterable virus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pathogen, perennial, pest, picornavirus, plant, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, protozoa, protozoon, proud flesh, puffball, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, rot, rust, sarcoma, seed plant, seedling, slime mold, smut, spermatophyte, spirillum, spirochete, spore, sporophyte, staphylococcus, streptococcus, thallophyte, tinea, toadstool, triennial, truffle, trypanosome, tuckahoe, tumor, vascular plant, vegetable, verruca, verticillium, vibrio, virus, wart, water mold, weed, wen, worm, yeast
Etymology
From Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Compare Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spongos).
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Pronunciation
Translations
Latin
Etymology
Originally sfungus. Compare Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spongos).
Pronunciation
Noun
fungus (genitive fungī); m, second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fungus | fungī |
| genitive | fungī | fungōrum |
| dative | fungō | fungīs |
| accusative | fungum | fungōs |
| ablative | fungō | fungīs |
| vocative | funge | fungī |
