fungus
11Fungus — Fungus, der botan. Namen für die Familie der Pilze oder Schwämme (vergl. diese Art. und Agaricus); fungös, schwammartig …
12fungus — ► NOUN (pl. fungi) ▪ any of a large group of spore producing organisms which feed on organic matter and include moulds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools. DERIVATIVES fungal adjective fungoid adjective. ORIGIN Latin, perhaps from Greek spongos… …
13fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …
14Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) …
15Fungus (XM) — Infobox Radio Station name = Fungus 53 area = United States Canada airdate = 2004 frequency = XM 53 branding = xL Fungus format = Punk rock/Hardcore/Ska owner = XM Satellite Radio class = Satellite Radio Station website =… …
16fungus — ‘Don’t touch me, you greasy fungus!’ says a young English army officer to an Italian waiter, in The Dream of Fair Women, by Henry Williamson. The ‘greasy’ is a typically insulting word to apply to an Italian, while the ‘fungus’ refers to the… …
17Fungus — A single celled or multicellular organism. Fungi can be true pathogens (such as histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis) that cause infections in healthy persons or they can be opportunistic pathogens (such as aspergillosis, candidiasis, and… …
18fungus — [16] Fungus was introduced into English in the early 16th century as a learned and more all embracing alternative to mushroom. It was borrowed from Latin fungus, which probably came from Greek sphóngos ‘sponge’, source of English sponge. =>… …
19fungus — [[t]fʌ̱ŋgəs[/t]] fungi N MASS A fungus is a plant that has no flowers, leaves, or green colouring, such as a mushroom or a toadstool. Other types of fungus such as mould are extremely small and look like a fine powder …
20fungus — UK [ˈfʌŋɡəs] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms fungus : singular fungus plural fungi UK [ˈfʌŋɡiː] / US [ˈfʌŋˌdʒaɪ] / US [ˈfʌŋˌɡaɪ] or funguses biology a type of plant without leaves, flowers, or green colour that grows mainly in wet… …
