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Definition of Fungi
1. Noun. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants.
Generic synonyms: Kingdom
Member holonyms: Fungus Family, Fungus Genus, Fungus Order, Division Gymnomycota, Division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, Myxomycota, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes Group, Division Lichenes, Lichenes, Fungus, Division Eumycota, Eumycota
Examples of category: Tremella Reticulata, Annulus, Skirt, Saprophytic
Definition of Fungi
1. n. pl. See Fungus.
2. n. pl. A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi.
Definition of Fungi
1. Noun. (plural of fungus) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fungi
1. fungus [n] - See also: fungus
Medical Definition of Fungi
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungi
Literary usage of Fungi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1904)
"This list is composed of those species of fungi commonly comprised under the term
Saprophytes, tho?e species which derive their nourishment from dead or ..."
2. Report (1905)
"MICHIGAN fungi. JAS. B. POLLOCK AND CH KAUFFMAN. Since Mr. Longyear has left the
state and undoubtedly will not continue the work begun, it seems desirable ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This is quite characteristic of the fungi, great numbers of which grow as well
... The fungi are very numerous, some recent estimates placing the number of ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"However, some difference of opinion exists concerning the importance of the causal
organisms. The specific determination of the fungi has not been fully ..."
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