Definition for Fungi:

• A large natural order of acotyledonous or cryptogamous plants, 5000 being known, varying greatly in size, form, color, and consistence. Under the name fungus botanists comprehend not only the various races of mushrooms, toadstools, and similar plants, but a large number of microscopic plants growing upon other plants, and substances which are known as moulds, mildew, smut, rust, brand, dry- rot, etc. Fungi agree with algae and lichens in their cellular structure, which is, with very few exceptions, void of anything resembling vascular tissue, but differ from them in deriving their nutriment from the body on which they grow, not from the medium by which they are surrounded. They are among the lowest forms of vegetable life, and, from the readiness with which they spring up in certain conditions, their germs are supposed to be floating in the atmosphere in incalculable numbers. Some diseases are produced by fungi. Fungi differ from other plants in being nitrogenous in composition, and in inhaling oxygen and giving out carbonic acid gas.

Synonyms for Fungi:

• n.

  •blight (noun)
  • decay,
  • evil,
  • scourge,
  • mildew,
  • fungus,
  • pest,
  • infestation,
  • contamination,
  • pestilence,
  • pollution,
  • bane,
  • affliction,
  • corruption,
  • rot,
  • woe,
  • withering,
  • dump,
  • canker,
  • eyesore,
  • sight,
  • blot on the landscape,
  • curse.
  •fungi (noun)
  • kingdom fungi,
  • fungus kingdom.
  •growth (noun)
  • outgrowth,
  • lump,
  • cancer,
  • swelling,
  • cancroid,
  • mole,
  • fibrousness,
  • excrescence,
  • polyp,
  • fibrous tissue,
  • wen,
  • thickening,
  • parasite.
  •plant (noun)
  • fungi.
  •slime (noun)
  • mucus,
  • scum,
  • goo,
  • sludge,
  • mud,
  • ooze,
  • GLOP,
  • gunk,
  • mire.
  •vegetation (plural) (noun)
  • weeds,
  • Grains,
  • florae,
  • Plants,
  • Ferns,
  • Fruits,
  • vines,
  • herbs,
  • Mosses,
  • Grasses,
  • vegetables,
  • Trees,
  • flowers,
  • Legumes,
  • algae,
  • shrubs.
  •yeast (noun)
  • catalyst,
  • fermenter,
  • froth,
  • ferment,
  • foam,
  • leavening.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • spend-all,
  • spender,
  • spendthrift,
  • Scattergood.
  •Other relevant words:
  • kingdom.

Paraphrases for Fungi:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    mushroom, Mushrooms.
  • Noun, plural
    Mushrooms.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mushroom.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    moulds, molds.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    bacteria, organisms, Strains, Organizations, species, arbuscules, germs, shrooms, Agencies, Cultures, Bodies.

Antonyms for Fungi:

• n.

  • blight
    boon, blessing, purification, prosperity, goodness, cleanliness, health.
  • growth
    decrease, underdevelopment, Diminishment, stagnation, lessening, abatement, failure, reduction.

Fungi Sentence Examples:

• The fog was a sounding - board for furtive noises that grew up like fungi in the moist atmosphere.

• But when we come to certain of the soil fungi - e.

Hyponym for Fungi:

• n.

  • plant
    kingdom.

Meronym for Fungi:

• n.

  • plant
    fungus family, Division Gymnomycota, Division Eumycota, fungus genus, gymnomycota, myxomycota, fungus order, eumycota, phycomycetes, Phycomycetes Group, lichenes, Division Myxomycota, Division Lichenes, fungus.