fungus
(noun) an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fungus (countable and uncountable, plural fungi or funguses)
(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
(now, rare, pathology) A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.
• (organism): ascomycete, basidiomycete, mold, mushroom, toadstool, yeast
Source: Wiktionary
Fun"gus, n.; pl. L. Fungi, E. Funguses. Etym: [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. sponge.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.
Note: The fungi are all destitute of chorophyll, and, therefore, to be supplied with elaborated nourishment, must live as saprophytes or parasites. They range in size from single microscopic cells to systems of entangled threads many feet in extent, which develop reproductive bodies as large as a man's head. The vegetative system consists of septate or rarely unseptate filaments called hyphæ; the aggregation of hyphæ into structures of more or less definite form is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. Hoblyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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