fungal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋɡəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English fungus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fungal From fungus + -al.
- Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
“Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English fungus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fungal From fungus + -al.
- A fungus.
“Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]”
“Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.”