fungi
Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a woundSpongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
Meaning
2 sensesSpongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
(broadly, uncountable)A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
- the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative pluBorrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).
See fungee. Sense 2 (“style of folk and popular music”) is apparently from the fact that the music is a blend of different musical instruments and styles, just as the dish (sense 1) is a blend of different flavours.
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Forms
plural: fungisSynonyms
4 synonyms- the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants:kingdom Fungifungus kingdom