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I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.
Bill Nye

Meaning of "fungus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUNGUS

From Latin: mushroom, fungus; probably related to Greek spongossponge.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNGUS

fungus  [ˈfʌŋɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNGUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fungus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNGUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fungus

Fungus

A fungus is any member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from plants, animals, protists, and bacteria. One major difference is that fungal cells have cell walls that contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants and some protists, which contain cellulose, and unlike the cell walls of bacteria. These and other differences show that the fungi form a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota, that share a common ancestor. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes and oomycetes. The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology. Mycology has often been regarded as a branch of botany, even though it is a separate kingdom in biological taxonomy. Genetic studies have shown that fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.

Definition of fungus in the English dictionary

The first definition of fungus in the dictionary is any member of a kingdom of organisms that lack chlorophyll, leaves, true stems, and roots, reproduce by spores, and live as saprotrophs or parasites. The group includes moulds, mildews, rusts, yeasts, and mushrooms. Other definition of fungus is something resembling a fungus, esp in suddenly growing and spreading rapidly. Fungus is also any soft tumorous growth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNGUS


Angus
ˈæŋɡəs
anilingus
ˌeɪnɪˈlɪŋɡəs
cunnilingus
ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋɡəs
dingus
ˈdɪŋɡəs
fungous
ˈfʌŋɡəs
humongous
ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs
humungous
hjuːˈmʌŋɡəs
Longus
ˈlɒŋɡəs
microfungus
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfʌŋɡəs
Mingus
ˈmɪŋɡəs
mundungus
mʌnˈdʌŋɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNGUS

fungal
fungi
fungibility
fungible
fungible issue
fungic
fungicidal
fungicidally
fungicide
fungiform
fungistat
fungistatic
fungistatically
fungo
fungoid
fungoidal
fungosity
fungous
fungus-like
funicle

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNGUS

Aberdeen Angus
beefsteak fungus
bird´s-nest fungus
bootlace fungus
bracket fungus
gill fungus
honey fungus
horsehair fungus
jelly fungus
orange-peel fungus
rust fungus
Tungus
yellow brain fungus

Synonyms and antonyms of fungus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FUNGUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fungus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fungus

Translation of «fungus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNGUS

Find out the translation of fungus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fungus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fungus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

菌类
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hongo
570 millions of speakers

English

fungus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कवक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فطر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гриб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fungo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

champignon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kulat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pilz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

菌類
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

균류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jamur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூஞ்சை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुरशीचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mantar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fungo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grzyb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гриб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciuperci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύκητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svamp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sopp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fungus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGUS»

The term «fungus» is very widely used and occupies the 23.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fungus

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8 QUOTES WITH «FUNGUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fungus.
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Fred Allen
The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
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Adam Baldwin
I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me.
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Richard Harris
Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a destructive cocoon or eating him away like a poisonous fungus on a tree.
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William Standish Knowles
At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years.
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Jaime Lerner
Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.
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Bill Nye
I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.
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Alex Shoumatoff
Even as global warming increases the frequency of El Nino and the Atlantic event, their effects are being amplified by the annual loss of an area of rain forest the size of New Jersey. Less rain falls, and the water runs into the rivers instead of being sucked up by the fungus filaments and tree roots.
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Paul Stamets
Lion's mane may be our first 'smart' mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our aging population.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNGUS»

Discover the use of fungus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fungus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fungus Diseases of Tropical Crops
Standard reference provides full, compact descriptions of fungal pathogens and diseases they cause.
Paul Holliday, 1980
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Fungus-insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and ...
A significant addition to the field of fungus-insect relationships, this book presents an interesting array of approaches to the subject of evolutionary and ecological associations of insects and fungi, written by both mycologists and ...
Quentin Wheeler, Meredith Blackwell, 1984
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Growing Fungus
This is a comprehensive text, which brings together for the first time recent advances in the cell biology, physiology, genetics, growth and differentiation of the filamentous fungi.
Neil A. R. Gow, Geoffrey M. Gadd, 1995
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The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species ...
The fifth order of the natural kingdom is made up of an estimated 15 million species of fungi, found in every habitat type worldwide The Book of Fungi takes 600 of the most remarkable fleshy fungi from around the world and reproduces each ...
Peter Roberts, Shelley Evans, 2013
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The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life ...
Reprints the 1925 study-survey of fungi in mythology, folklore, and fiction, the biology of fungi, their historical uses, and other interesting and important characteristics, occurrences, and phenomena of this large saprophytic and ...
Robert Thatcher Rolfe, F. W. Rolfe, 1974
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Kombucha - Miracle Fungus: The Essential Handbook
It's great for boosting the immune system and relieving the symptoms of a host of illnesses. Revised in response to readers' comments, this expanded edition of Tietze's informative book gives easy-to-follow home brewing instructions.
Harald Tietze, 1996
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The Fungus Fighters: Two Women Scientists and Their Discovery
Depicts the discovery of the first safe and effective antibiotic for the treatment of human fungal diseases
Richard S. Baldwin, 1981
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The Fungus Kingdom
Francisco State University and other researchers recently discovered a bioluminescent fungus they named Mycena lucentipes, which means "glowing stem." It is bright enough to read by. Thanks to the work of generations of scientists, folklore ...
Rebecca Stefoff, 2007
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Basic Plant Pathology Methods
SLIDE CULTURE TECHNIQUES AND PREPARATION OF PERMANENT MOUNTS A. FUNGUS CULTIVATING Growing a fungus as a slide culture results in preparation in which the sporulation characteristics remain undisturbed and spores ...
James B. Sinclair, Onkar Dev Dhingra, 1995
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Fungi on Rhododendron: A World Reference
Data also were obtained from select herbarium specimens in the U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI). Both parasitic and saprophytic fungi were included. The currently accepted scientific name, most commonly encountered synonyms, and ...
David F. Farr, H. Bartolome Esteban, Mary E. Palm, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNGUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fungus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists at Brown University studying fungus killing bats
The syndrome is caused by a cold-loving fungus, pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd, which penetrates tissues of the nose, mouth and ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
2
Polish fungus industry mushrooming
Polish fungus industry mushrooming. PR dla Zagranicy. Roberto Galea 12.07.2015 12:28. Poland is now the largest producer of button mushrooms in Europe, ... «thenews.pl, Jul 15»
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Polesden Lacey saved from becoming "Mouldsden" after fungus
BOOKHAM'S famous stately home was nearly renamed "Moulds-den" Lacey following an outbreak of fungus this week – but the swift action of ... «Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Home & Garden: Sycamores still suffering from fungus in Colorado's …
This year we have experienced major problems with sycamore anthracnose and coryneum blight of peach and apricot due to this spring's ... «Grand Junction Free Press, Jul 15»
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Britain's filthiest restaurant? Disgusting pictures show rotting food …
Mould growing in tubs of food, fruit so rotten it's barely recognisable and cheese covered in fungus - this disgusting restaurant has to be among ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Ask Mary Beth: What's that fungus growing in my mulch?
Q: With all the rain we had earlier this summer, I noticed something showing up in all my beds. I'm guessing this is the start of mushrooms, but ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»
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Residents urge VI government to curtail rum fungus
The fungus, known as Baudoinia compniacensis, is thought to thrive on the fumes that are created as alcohol evaporates during fermentation. «Virgin Islands Daily News, Jul 15»
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Cordyceps fungus gains wider Viet Nam acceptance
Cordyceps fungus gains wider Viet Nam acceptance. HA NOI (VNS) — Nguyen Thi Hong, 35, cultivates a valuable medicinal herb for sale at ... «Viet Nam News, Jul 15»
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People's Pharmacy: Shea butter fights foot fungus
Both athlete's foot and jock itch are caused by fungus on the skin, which may explain your success. Shea butter is derived from an African tree, ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
10
Wheat Fungus 'Head Scab' Spreading Throughout Michigan Fields
Head scab is a fungus caused by moisture that is hard to avoid for wheat ... MSU Extension Educator Paul Gross says the head scab fungus is ... «9&10 News, Jul 15»

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