"fungal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfʌŋɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fungal.wav
Etymology: From fungus + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fungus|-al}} fungus + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fungal (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: fungous, mycotic Translations (of or pertaining to a fungus): սնկային (snkayin) (Armenian), гъбест (gǎbest) (Bulgarian), гъбовиден (gǎboviden) (Bulgarian), fúngic (Catalan), houbový (Czech), mykotický (Czech), sieniperäinen (english: caused by fungi) (Finnish), sienimäinen (english: resembling fungi) (Finnish), sieni- (Finnish), fongique (French), fúnxico (Galician), სოკოვანი (soḳovani) (Georgian), fungasach (Irish), fungino (Italian), grzybowy (Polish), fúngico (Portuguese), грибко́вый (gribkóvyj) (Russian), fúngico (Spanish), mantarsal (Turkish), mantarsı (Turkish), mantarımsı (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈfʌŋɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fungal.wav Forms: fungals [plural]
Etymology: From fungus + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fungus|-al}} fungus + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} fungal (plural fungals)
  1. (archaic) A fungus. Tags: archaic
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom: Second Edition, with Corrections (page 30)",
          "text": "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, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, John Lindley, Medical and Oeconomical Botany: With Numerous Illustrations (page 9)",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fungus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fungus",
          "fungus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A fungus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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