Fungus

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Synonyms

 * mold, mushroom

Hyponyms

 * ascomycete, basidiomycete, mushroom, toadstool, yeast

Derived terms

 * bracket fungus
 * fungal
 * fungicidal


 * fungicide
 * fungoid
 * jelly fungus

Related terms

 * fungous

Adjectives for Fungus
decayed, dismal.

Thesaurus
adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, amphibian, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, benign tumor, biennial, blast, blight, bread mold, bug, callosity, callus, cancer, canker, carcinoma, coccus, corn, cosmopolite, cutting, cyst, deciduous plant, dicot, dicotyledon, disease-producing microorganism, dry rot, echovirus, enterovirus, ephemeral, ergot, evergreen, excrescence, exotic, filterable virus, flowering plant, fungosity, gametophyte, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, green mold, growth, gymnosperm, hydrophyte, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, microbe, microorganism, mildew, mold, mole, monocot, monocotyl, morbid growth, moth, moth and rust, mushroom, must, neoplasm, nevus, nonfilterable virus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pathogen, perennial, pest, picornavirus, plant, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, protozoa, protozoon, proud flesh, puffball, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, rot, rust, sarcoma, seed plant, seedling, slime mold, smut, spermatophyte, spirillum, spirochete, spore, sporophyte, staphylococcus, streptococcus, thallophyte, tinea, toadstool, triennial, truffle, trypanosome, tuckahoe, tumor, vascular plant, vegetable, verruca, verticillium, vibrio, virus, wart, water mold, weed, wen, worm, yeast

Etymology
From fungus:. Compare Ancient Greek σπόγγος:.

Translations

 * Albanian: këpurdhë
 * Alemannic:
 * Arabic: فطر
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: göbələk
 * Bashkir:
 * Bengali: ছত্রাক
 * Bulgarian: гъба
 * Catalan: fong
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 菌類, 菌类, 真菌
 * Min Nan: ko͘
 * Chuvash:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: soppur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: (mýkitas)
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: פטריות
 * Hindi: कुकुरमुत्ता, फफूंद
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: fungas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 균계


 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lingala:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon:
 * Luxembourgish: Pilzeräich
 * Macedonian: габа
 * Malay: kulat
 * Manx:
 * Nahuatl: nanacatl
 * Northern Sami:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: mycota
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: k'allampa
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, грибок
 * Samogitian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: halamang-singaw
 * Tamil: பூஞ்சைகள்
 * Telugu: శిలీంధ్రం
 * Thai: เห็ดรา
 * Tonga:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon: tchampion
 * Welsh: ffwng
 * Yiddish:
 * Yiddish:

Etymology
Originally sfungus. Compare σπόγγος:.

Noun

 * 1) a mushroom
 * 2) a fungal growth or infection
 * 3) a candle-snuff
 * 4)  dolt, idiot

Derived terms

 * fungīnus
 * fungōsus
 * fungulus

Related terms

 * fungidus

Descendants

 * Catalan:
 * English:
 * French:
 * Galician:


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: