Fungoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fungoid is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus.
More Meanings
- A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus.
Example Sentences
He had no hair on the front of his head at all so that the sweep of bone skin, daunting in its fungoid pallor, came right over above his ears.
He found the suspicion correct which supposed the tree branched from one great root, like a candelabrum; the fork, though stained and slimy with green fungoids, was quite near the ground, and offered a first foothold.
Word Forms
- fungoids
Synonyms for fungoid
Depending on context, synonyms include funguslike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include funguslike, fungous, fungal, fungological, fusarial, fungicidal.
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