Definition of Fungoids

1. Noun. (plural of fungoid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fungoids

1. fungoid [n] - See also: fungoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungoids

fungiproof
fungiproofed
fungiproofing
fungistat
fungistatic
fungistats
fungite
fungites
fungitoxic
fungitoxicity
fungivorous
fungo
fungo bat
fungoes
fungoid
fungoids (current term)
fungological
fungologist
fungologists
fungology
fungosities
fungosity
fungous
fungous foot
fungs
fungus
fungus ball
fungus family
fungus genus
fungus gnat

Literary usage of Fungoids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"... and the ciliary apparatus protect it so well, that not even parasites can attack it. Although fungoids, other animals, and occasionally ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1888)
"... in promoting the growth of parasitic fungoids, whose spores, brought by the wind, owe to it their power to germinate on the plants on which they light. ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1878)
"The Bed Bust appearing to belong to this class of fungoids, ite second host is seemingly the so-called "barley grass," an introduced plant—(other grasses, ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1894)
"Aside from the numerous parasites and predaceous insects destructive to scale insects in Australia, there exist several species of fungoids detrimental to ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1891)
"The moss on the trees was silver-grey and vivid green, and there were fungoids of vermilion and cadmium, and scaly growths of pure cobalt blue ; the most ..."

6. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"Besides the four colored lithographic plates, the report contains one hundred and thirty-seven wood engravings of fruits, fungoids, injurious and beneficial ..."

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