fungus
UK/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/
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fungus noun: a eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Noun
fungus (countable and uncountable, plural fungi or (uncommon) funguses or (nonstandard, rare) fungusses or fungus)
- A eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
- Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020
- The flesh of such an organism.
- A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.
fungus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fungus in Hindi
- any member of the kingdom Fungi
- फफूंद phaphūnd, फफूँद phaphū̃d
fungus in Tamil
- any member of the kingdom Fungi
- பூஞ்சைகள் pūñcaikaḷ
fungus in Marathi
- any member of the kingdom Fungi
- बुरशी burśī
fungus in Urdu
- فنگس
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- fungus in Bengali
- ছত্রাক chotrak
- fungus in Telugu
- శిలీంధ్రం śilīndhraṁ
- fungus in Malayalam
- കുമിൾ കൂണ്, കൂൺ, കൂൺജാതിസസ്യം, ശിലീന്ധ്രം
- fungus in Kannada
- ಶಿಲೀಂಧ್ರ śilīndhra
- fungus in Punjabi
- ਫੰਗਸ
- fungus in Gujarati
- ફંગસ
- fungus in Odia
- ଫଙ୍ଗସ୍, ଫଙ୍ଗସ, ଛତ୍ରାକ
- fungus in Sanskrit
- कवकम् kavakam
- fungus in Assamese
- ভেঁকুৰ bhẽkur
- fungus in Nepali
- फङ्गस
- fungus in Pashto
- چڼاس
- fungus in Tagalog
- halamang-singaw, buot, apugaw, kolatkolat
- fungus in Arabic
- فُطْر fuṭr
- fungus in Malay
- kulat
- fungus in Persian
- قارچ qârč
- fungus in Thai
- เห็ดรา hèt-raa
- fungus in Vietnamese
- nấm
- fungus in Myanmar
- မှို hmui
Examples of fungus in a sentence
- This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- A lichen is a fungus with symbiotic algae among its cells.
Forms of fungus
| plural | fungi |
|---|---|
| plural uncommon | funguses |
| plural | fungus |
| plural (nonstandard, rare) | fungusses |
Origin of fungus
Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Displaced native Old English swamm.
Words formed from fungus
- ambrosia fungus
- antifungus
- artillery fungus
- artist's fungus
- bird's nest fungus
- black fungus
- bleeding tooth fungus
- bootlace fungus
- bracket fungus
- candlestick fungus
- cannonball fungus
- caterpillar fungus
- cauliflower fungus
- cinnamon fungus
- clavarioid fungus
- club fungus
- coal fungus
- coral fungus
- cup fungus
- dark fungus
- distillery fungus
- endofungus
- face fungus
- fairy ring fungus
- fly fungus
- fungal
- fungicidal
- fungicide
- fungoid
- fungology
- fungus beetle
- fungus comb
- fungused
- fungus gamboge
- fungus garden
- fungus gnat
- fungus-growing ant
- funguslike
- fungus moth
- fungusproof
- fungus weevil
- fungusy
- ghost fungus
- golden jelly fungus
- honey fungus
- hoof fungus
- jelly fungus
- macrofungus
- microfungus
- nail fungus
- orange-peel fungus
- panfungus
- phytofungus
- pleasing fungus beetle
- pseudofungus
- rust fungus
- sac fungus
- sewage fungus
- shelf fungus
- shotgun fungus
Phrases with fungus
Words that rhyme with fungus
Questions about fungus
- What does fungus mean?
- Fungus means a eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
- What is fungus in Hindi?
- Fungus in Hindi is फफूंद (phaphūnd), फफूँद (phaphū̃d). See Fungus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fungus?
- Fungus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fungus?
- Fungus is pronounced /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fungus?
- The plural of fungus is fungi.
Words near fungus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fungus (page history and authors); fungus (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungus (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fungus (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fungus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); چڼاس (Pashto) (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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