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fun·gus
 fungus
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- pronunciation:
- fuhng
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noun |
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fungi, funguses |
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one of a large group of living things that appear similar to plants but cannot make their own food using sunlight in the way plants do. Fungi consume plant, animal, and other living matter. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are fungi. Fungi help decompose dead plants and animals.
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mushroom |
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| derivations: |
fungal (adj.), funguslike (adj.) |
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affects the growth of funguses |
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moisture |
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broader categories that include fungus |
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organism, plant |
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process involving funguses |
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fermentation |
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produced by funguses |
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spores |
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some activities of funguses |
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decay, decompose, rot |
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some descriptions of funguses |
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fluffy, fuzzy, scaly, slimy |
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some diseases involving funguses |
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athlete's foot, rust |
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some kinds of funguses |
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lichen, mildew, mold, mushroom, toadstool, yeast |
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some parts of funguses |
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cap, cell, filament, stem |
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some places for funguses |
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bog, forest, swamp |
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some things made with funguses |
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alcohol, antibiotic, bread, medicine |
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things that eat funguses |
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animal, human |
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