Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous spore-producing eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, smuts, rusts, mushrooms, and many molds, excluding the slime molds and the water molds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant belonging to the group Fungi (which see).
- noun In pathol., a spongy morbid excrescence, as proud flesh formed in wounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any one of the
fungi , a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. Seefungi . - noun (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any member of the kingdom
Fungi ; aeukaryotic organism typically havingchitin cell walls but nochlorophyll orplastids . Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Moreover, the fungus is apparently more lethal under moist conditions, yet, at many affected sites, warm years are comparatively dry.
Archive 2006-01-01 Nick Anthis 2006
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Moreover, the fungus is apparently more lethal under moist conditions, yet, at many affected sites, warm years are comparatively dry.
Amphibian Disease Heats Up Nick Anthis 2006
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A deadly fungus is making frogs croak on the tiny island of Montserrat.
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Rabbits die, ballerinas fall, fungus is a form of rot sometimes, earth festers, someone shoots monsters, warthogs gore and eyes rot.
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Just ask any farmer, fungus is as big or even bigger enemy to their crops than insects.
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I think foot fungus is a couple of rungs up the evolutionary ladder from OSTLL
Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case 2010
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The A2 fungus is considered the most important threat to potato cultivation worldwide.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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In fact, in the old reactor, a new radiation-seeking fungus is thriving:
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Based on the fungus, bat researchers are calling it white-nose syndrome, but according to the NYT article, the fungus is believed to just be a symptom, not the cause of the sickness.
bad news for bats eddvick 2008
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The A2 fungus is considered the most important threat to potato cultivation worldwide.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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