'Funguses' definitions:
Definition of 'Funguses'
From: GCIDE
- Fungus \Fun"gus\, n.; pl. L. Fungi, E. Funguses. [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. ? sponge, for ?; if so, cf. E. sponge.]
- 1. (Bot.) 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. See fungi. [1913 Webster]
- 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 hyph[ae]; the aggregation of hyph[ae] into structures of more or less definite form is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. --Hoblyn. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Funguses'
- Fungus,
- Fly fungus,
- Grape fungus,
- ascomycetous fungus,
- beefsteak fungus,
- bracket fungus,
- carrion fungus,
- club fungus,
- clubroot fungus,
- coffee fungus,
- coral fungus,
- cup fungus,
- damping off fungus,
- ear fungus,
- face fungus,
- felt fungus,
- fungus family,
- fungus genus,
- fungus gnat,
- fungus kingdom,
- fungus order,
- gill fungus,
- honey fungus,
- jelly fungus,
- leak fungus,
- oyster fungus,
- pore fungus,
- potato fungus,
- rust fungus,
- sac fungus,
- shelf fungus,
- shoestring fungus,
- smut fungus,
- tooth fungus,
- true fungus,
- urn fungus,
- white fungus,
- blue mold fungus,
- bottom rot fungus,
- dutch elm fungus,
- flag smut fungus,
- flax rust fungus,
- green smut fungus,
- orange peel fungus,
- pink disease fungus,
- potato wart fungus,
- ring rot fungus,
- yellow spot fungus,
- bird's-nest fungus,
- black root rot fungus,
- brown root rot fungus,
- ring-stalked fungus,
- jack-o-lantern fungus