fungus plural
fun·gus
The plural form of fungus is fungi
F fDefinitions
- noun plural fungus any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae. 1
- noun plural fungus Pathology. a spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound. 1