mycelium
/maɪˈsi.li.əm/
mycelium noun: the vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
Noun
mycelium (countable and uncountable, plural mycelia)
- The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
mycelium meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
mycelium in Tamil
- பூசணவலை, பூஞ்சை, மைசீலியம், நூல்உருபூஞ்சக்காளான், நூல்கற்ற உரு பூஞ்ச காளான், பூசண விழை
mycelium in Tagalog
- vegetative part of a fungus
- sanghiblayan
Examples of mycelium in a sentence
- Underused neuronal pathways are pruned back, as are underused patches of mycelium.
- The dense meshwork of mycelium can even be used to filter polluted water.
- Three of the isolates produced chalky white aerial mycelium with straight to flexuous (rectiflexible) spore chains.
Forms of mycelium
| plural | mycelia |
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Origin of mycelium
From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.
Words formed from mycelium
Words that rhyme with mycelium
- berkelium
- helium
- antihelium
- aphelium
- dihelium
- endothelium
- epithelium
- exothelium
- hydridohelium
- hyperhelium
- hypotrachelium
- mesothelium
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Questions about mycelium
- What does mycelium mean?
- Mycelium means the vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
- What is mycelium in Tamil?
- Mycelium in Tamil is பூசணவலை, பூஞ்சை, மைசீலியம். See Mycelium meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mycelium?
- Mycelium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mycelium?
- Mycelium is pronounced /maɪˈsi.li.əm/.
- What is the plural of mycelium?
- The plural of mycelium is mycelia.
Words near mycelium in the dictionary
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