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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryfun·gus \ˈfəŋ-gəs\ noun (plural fun·gi \ˈfən-ˌjī, ˈfəŋ-ˌgī \ ; also fun·gus·es \ˈfəŋ-gə-səz\) USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY Latin DATE 1527: any of a kingdom (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeastsEnglish Etymologyfungus 1527, from L. fungus, learned alternative to mushroom. (Though funge was used in this sense late 14c.). The L. is believed to be cognate with (or derived from) Gk. sphongos, the Attic form of spongos "sponge" (see sponge).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7fungusfun·gus / 5fQN^Es / noun(pl. fungi / 5fQN^i:; -^ai; 5fQndVai / )1. [C] any plant without leaves, flowers or green colouring, usually growing on other plants or on decaying matter. Mushrooms and mildew are both fungi. 真菌(如蘑菇和霉)2. [U, C] a covering of mould or a similar fungus, for example on a plant or wall 霉；霉菌: fungus infections 霉菌感染 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: jelly fungus , or liver fungus , or lower fungus , or man fungus , or milk fungus , or nest fungus , or oak fungus , or oak root fungus , or perfect fungus , or pore fungus , or potato fungus , or prickly fungus , or ray fungus , or redheaded fungus , or root fungus , or sac fungus , or saddle fungus , or beech fungus , or beefsteak fungus , or shelf fungus , or shield fungus , or shoestring fungus , or smoky fungus , or smooth shelf fungus , or smut fungus , or sphere fungus , or stellate-crystal fungus , or bird's-nest fungus , or tannery fungus , or black fungus , or thread fungus , or thrush fungus , or tinder fungus , or tooth fungus , or white fringe fungus , or white fungus , or white-headed fungus , or wound fungus , or bracket fungus , or redheaded scale fungus , or white-headed scale fungus , or carrion fungus , or caterpillar fungus , or cattail fungus , or club fungus , or coral fungus , or algal fungus , or cup fungus , or ambrosia fungus , or ear fungus , or elder fungus , or felt fungus , or fire fungus , or fish fungus , or fission fungus , or fly fungus , or fungus gall , or fungus garden , or fungus gnat , or fungus root , or gill fungus , or hedgehog fungus , or higher fungus , or house fungus , or imperfect fungus , or indian paint fungusfun·gusI. \ˈfəŋgəs\ noun(plural fun·gi \ˈfənˌjī, ˈfəŋˌgī\ ; also funguses)Etymology: Latin, probably modification of Greek spongos sponge, probably of non-Indo-European origin; akin to the source of Armenian sung sponge1. : any of numerous chiefly saprophytic or parasitic plants that constitute the division Fungi; lack true chlorophyll; have a body made up of single cells or of filamentous coenocytic or septate hyphae arranged in a soft mycelium or in some cases partially disposed in complex highly specialized and characteristic fruiting bodies; often exhibit complex alternation of generations with very distinct sexual and asexual phases; include the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, and puffballs, and usually the yeasts, bacteria, and slime molds; and are often destructive pathogens of plants, man, and lower animals but have representatives that are used for food or are greatly valued for the organic fermentations that they produce < a cellar wall covered with fungus > < a fungus-proof coating for leather > < edible ground fungi >2. [Late Latin or obsolete French; obsolete French, from Middle French, from Late Latin, from Latin, fungus (plant)] : an abnormal spongy growth; especially : a mass of spongy granulations3. : infection with a fungus or disease caused by it; specifically : a serious highly contagious skin disease of freshwater fishes especially in hatcheries and aquaria caused by a mold (Saprolegnia ferax)4. : something resembling a fungus < the blighting of everything fair … with the garish fungus of greed — Herman Wouk >II. intransitive verb(-ed/-ing/-es): to become infected with a fungus < a few impounded Chinook, however, fungused rapidly and … usually died — Scientific American >

Fungus Or Noun Plants Root Fun·Gus Plural Fun·Gi