fungus

fungus ī, m

, σπόγγος, a mushroom, fungus: pratensis, H.: pluviales, O.—A candle-snuff, lampblack on a wick, V.

fungus
fungus, i, m. [for sfungus, kindred to σφόγγος, σπόγγος, the initial s suppressed as in fallo, fides...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Fungus
·noun A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. II. Fu...

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