Definition for Fungus:

• A member of the order of acotyledonous plants called Fungi ( which see): in med. ( a) a spongy morbid excrescence, as proud flesh formed in wounds; ( b) a minute incrustation and alteration of the skin dependent on the growth of vegetable parasites, as favus, ring- worm, etc.

Synonyms for Fungus:

• n.

  •
  • annual,
  • bush,
  • alpine,
  • bedding plant,
  • brassica,
  • cactus,
  • climber,
  • clone,
  • bean,
  • cereal.
  •blight (noun)
  • canker,
  • curse,
  • withering,
  • scourge,
  • mildew,
  • evil,
  • rot,
  • pest,
  • bane,
  • contamination,
  • eyesore,
  • decay,
  • sight,
  • woe,
  • affliction,
  • dump,
  • pestilence,
  • corruption.
  •fungus (noun)
  • candida,
  • fungous,
  • <a href="https//chamberscouk/searchxref=09014&amptitle=thes">mushrooms and toadstools</a>,
  • rust,
  • downy mildew,
  • mushroom,
  • grey mould,
  • smut,
  • orange-peel fungus,
  • penicillium,
  • see also,
  • ergot,
  • black spot,
  • brown rot,
  • scab,
  • potato blight,
  • powdery mildew,
  • toadstool,
  • sooty mould,
  • brewers yeast,
  • saprophyte,
  • botritis.
  •growth (noun)
  • mole,
  • cancer,
  • lump,
  • swelling,
  • polyp,
  • outgrowth,
  • excrescence.
  •plant (noun)
  • fungus.
  •slime (noun)
  • gunk,
  • ooze,
  • goo,
  • mucus,
  • mud,
  • scum,
  • GLOP,
  • glops,
  • mire,
  • sludge.
  •vegetation (noun)
  • flora,
  • grain,
  • weed,
  • vegetation,
  • plant,
  • legume,
  • vegetable,
  • shrub,
  • fern,
  • flower,
  • moss,
  • grass,
  • vine,
  • wort,
  • algae,
  • herb,
  • tree,
  • fruit.
  •yeast (noun)
  • froth,
  • foam,
  • catalyst,
  • ferment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • parasite,
  • destroyer.
  •
  • mold,
  • growth.

Paraphrases for Fungus:

• Equivalence

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

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mold.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Larvae, Les, pathogen, mould.

Antonyms for Fungus:

• n.

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

Fungus Sentence Examples:

• All these changes indicate very profound alterations in the physiological working of the protoplasm of the cells of the host, and yet the fungus has done its work through both its own cell - walls and those of the host.

• Three wooden casks eaten with decay and spotted with fungus stood against the wall, testifying to the use to which this chamber had been put, though the all - pervading damp could not have been good for the wine.

Holonyms for Fungus:

• n.

  • plant
    fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi, fungi.

Hypernym for Fungus:

• n.

  • plant
    jelly fungus, coral fungus, Rhizoctinia Solani, Wynnea Americana, Cercospora Kopkei, Scaly Lentinus, Lentinus Lepideus, false morel, Xylaria Mali, golden oak mushroom, bottom rot fungus, Corticium Solani, green smut fungus, earthball, Volvaria Bombycina, puffball, stalked puffball, Ceratostomella Ulmi, false truffle, coffee fungus, white rust, pythium, sclerotinia, mildew, basidiomycete, white fungus, ergot, earth-ball, potato fungus, potato wart fungus, shiitake mushroom, Slime Mould, lorchel, Xylaria Polymorpha, Synchytrium Endobioticum, hard-skinned puffball, Corticium Salmonicolor, bird's-nest fungus, smut fungus, Phytophthora Infestans, Wynnea Sparassoides, mould, agaric, slime mold, verticillium, Pellicularia Koleroga, Claviceps Purpurea, truffle, Grifola Frondosa, Fomes Igniarius, oriental black mushroom, hen-of-the-woods, stinkhorn, black root rot fungus, true fungus, true puffball, Plasmodiophora Brassicae, Aspergillus Fumigatus, earthtongue, sac fungus, pond-scum parasite, gyromitra, dead-man's-fingers, Thielavia Basicola, candida, Septobasidium Pseudopedicellatum, ascomycete, yellow spot fungus, Phytophthora Citrophthora, blastomycete, Lentinus Edodes, smut, dead-men's-fingers, felt fungus, earthstar, Chinese Black Mushroom, mold, lichen, Polyporus Frondosus, brown root rot fungus, tooth fungus, bolete, Earth-tongue, shiitake, Radiigera Fuscogleba, monilia, Ascomycetous Fungus, yeast, gastromycete, Pellicularia Filamentosa, Ustilaginoidea Virens, Gastrocybe Lateritia, pink disease fungus, basidiomycetous fungi, hen of the woods, rust fungus, Saprolegnia Ferax, Macowanites Americanus, Clubroot Fungus, rust, Dutch Elm Fungus, Gastroboletus Turbinatus, dry rot, earthnut, gasteromycete, Gastroboletus Scabrosus, rhizoctinia, carrion fungus.

Hyponym for Fungus:

• n.

  • plant
    organism, being.

Meronym for Fungus:

• n.

  • plant
    mycelium, hymenium, volva, cap, pileus.