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fungus

pronunciation:: fuhng gs
features:: Word Explorer

part of speech:	noun
inflections:	fungi, funguses
definition:	A fungus is a kind of living thing that is similar to a plant but is not really a plant. A fungus can't make its own food the way a plant does. It has to eat other things, like people and animals have to eat other things. There are many different kinds of funguses, or fungi. People can eat some kinds of them. Some other kinds of fungi are dangerous, though. I saw a big, red fungus growing on an old dead tree in the woods. My dad said not to touch it.
related words:	mushroom
derivations:	fungal (adj.), funguslike (adj.)

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	broader categories that include fungus
	plant
	some descriptions of funguses
	fuzzy
	some kinds of funguses
	mushroom, yeast
	some parts of funguses
	cap, cell, stem
	some places for funguses
	forest, swamp
	some things made with funguses
	alcohol, bread, medicine
	things that eat funguses
	animal, human

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