Fungus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.

II. Fungus ·noun 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.

Related Words

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
fungus ī, m , σπόγγος, a mushroom, fungus: pratensis, H.: pluviales, O.—A candle-snuff, lampblack o...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Fly fungus
·add. ·- A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright r...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bird's-nest fungus
n. a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris