fungus
fun·gus
noun
1.
a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
Origin
Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Displaced native Old English swamm.
Phrases
- ambrosia fungus
- artillery fungus
- artist's fungus
- bird's nest fungus
- black fungus
- bleeding tooth fungus
- bootlace fungus
- bracket fungus
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