cirrhus

[ sir-uhs ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural cir·rhi [sir, -ahy].

1. a mucus-bound ribbonlike mass of spores that is exuded from a fungus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cirrhus¹

< New Latin, a pseudo-Greek form of Latin cirrus cirrus

Example Sentences

White cirrhus clouds now darted out here and there ahead, like fluttering standards of warning.

From Project Gutenberg

Ark is also the name of a mare's-tail cloud, or cirrhus, when it forms a streak across the sky.

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