fungous

[ fuhng-guhs ]

adjective

of the nature of or resembling a fungus; funguslike: The fungous growth at the base of the tree was actually a type of moss.
fungal.

Origin of fungous

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin fungōsus “fungous, spongy”; see fungus, -ous

Words Nearby fungous

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How to use fungous in a sentence

He taught him how to clean letterpress and engravings from ferruginous, fungous, and other kinds of spots.
There and Back | George MacDonald
The bottle was foul with slime and fungous growth, showing that it had been in the water for a long period.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel Sutphen
Soon she dived from the turquoise pedestal, swam swiftly ashore and vanished in the vivid fungous jungle.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | Various
I shall sing a Song of the Sword, too, should the sword "thrust through the fatuous, thrust through the fungous brood."
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack London
Felled trunks occasionally lay across it, and alongside were the hollow and fungous boles of trees sawn down in long past years.
A Laodicean | Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for fungous

fungous

/ (ˈfʌŋɡəs) /

adjective

appearing suddenly and spreading quickly like a fungus, but not lasting
a less common word for fungal

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