fungus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

   Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

2. 2
   noun

   an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

3. 3
   noun

   A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.

4. 4
   noun

   The flesh of fungi.

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Simplified etymology

Fungus entered English in the late Middle English period as a Latin word and may ultimately come from Greek spongos.

Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”).

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