fungous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fungōsus. Equivalent to fungus + -ous.
Adjective edit
fungous (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to fungi; fungal.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- With the memory of that roadside claw-print fresh in my mind, Akeley’s whispered paragraphs had affected me queerly; and the hints of familiarity with this unknown world of fungous life—forbidden Yuggoth—made my flesh creep more than I cared to own.
- (now rare, pathology) Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence.
Translations edit
of or pertaining to a fungus — see fungal