FUNGUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

2.
n.

A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. Hoblyn.


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