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cup fungus

cup fungus noun: any of the family Pezizaceae of ascomycotic fungi that tend to grow in the shape of a cup.

cup fungus: any of the family Pezizaceae of ascomycotic fungi that tend to grow in the shape of a cup
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Noun

cup fungus (plural cup fungi)

  1. Any of the family Pezizaceae of ascomycotic fungi that tend to grow in the shape of a cup.

cup fungus meaning in Tamil

cup fungus in Tamil

கிண்ணப் பூஞ்சணம்

Forms of cup fungus

pluralcup fungi

Origin of cup fungus

From cup + fungus, from its natural cup-like shape.

Questions about cup fungus

What does cup fungus mean?
Cup fungus means any of the family Pezizaceae of ascomycotic fungi that tend to grow in the shape of a cup.
What is cup fungus in Tamil?
Cup fungus in Tamil is கிண்ணப் பூஞ்சணம். See Cup fungus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cup fungus?
Cup fungus is a noun.
What is the plural of cup fungus?
The plural of cup fungus is cup fungi.

Words near cup fungus in the dictionary

  1. cup discharger
  2. cup dischargers
  3. cup final
  4. cup finals
  5. cup fungi
  6. cup fungus
  7. cup gall
  8. cup galls
  9. cup holder
  10. cup holders
  11. cup lichen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cup fungus (page history and authors); cup fungus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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