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fungoid

[ fuhng-goid ]

adjective

  1. resembling a fungus; of the nature of a fungus.
  2. Pathology. characterized by funguslike growths.


noun

  1. Pathology. a growth having the characteristics of a fungus.

fungoid

/ ˈfʌŋɡɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling a fungus or fungi

    a fungoid growth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fungoid1

First recorded in 1830–40; fung(us) + -oid
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Example Sentences

Inside each was a small projection apparently of a fungoid character, that was phosphorescent.

I looked down and saw a dozen of the giant crabs lumbering up out of the fungoid jungle from the direction of the great lake.

The grain is replaced by a dense fungoid tissue (sclerotium) largely charged with an oily fluid.

But care must be taken that no fungoid growth reaches the germ, as this is easily fatal to it.

By thousands and millions, myriads of them advanced across the fungoid soil.

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