fungal

adj
/ˈfʌŋɡəl/

Etymology

From fungus + -al.

  1. borrowed from fungus
  2. formed as fungal — “fungus + -al

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

    • Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.
  2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fungal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA