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fungal

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Etymology

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From fungus +‎ -al.

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Adjective

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fungal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
    Synonyms: fungous, mycotic
    Antonyms: nonfungal, nonmycotic
    Coordinate terms: fungoid; fungusy, mushroomy, mushroomoid, mushroomlike, fungiform; antifungal, antimycotic
    Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.

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Noun

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fungal (plural fungals)

  1. (archaic) A fungus.
    • 1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom: Second Edition, with Corrections, page 30:
      Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, []
    • 1856, John Lindley, Medical and Oeconomical Botany: With Numerous Illustrations, page 9:
      Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.

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