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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a fungus.
  • adjective Caused by a fungus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, pertaining to or characteristic of a fungus or fungi; consisting of the Fungi or fungous plants; as, fungal growth; Lindley's fungal alliance.
  • noun A fungus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to fungi.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

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  • adjective of or relating to fungi

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Examples

  • He called the fungal infections extremely rare and clusters of them even rarer.

    Coroner: 3 tornado victims died with fungal infection 2011

  • He called the fungal infections extremely rare and clusters of them even rarer.

    Coroner: 3 tornado victims died with fungal infection 2011

  • "Long-term fungal inhibitory activity of water-soluble extract from Amaranthus spp. seeds during storage of gluten-free and wheat flour breads"

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • "Long-term fungal inhibitory activity of water-soluble extract from Amaranthus spp. seeds during storage of gluten-free and wheat flour breads"

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • "Long-term fungal inhibitory activity of water-soluble extract from Amaranthus spp. seeds during storage of gluten-free and wheat flour breads"

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • "Long-term fungal inhibitory activity of water-soluble extract from Amaranthus spp. seeds during storage of gluten-free and wheat flour breads"

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  • This comes out of an investigation from the Centers for Disease Control of 109 complaints of something called fungal keratitis, which if untreated could lead to permanent vision loss.

    CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2006 2006

  • Scott's team says it found a good match between carbonaceous spherules from 12,900 years ago and so-called fungal sclerotia (see figure).

    News Richard A. Kerr 2010

  • The problem, known as fungal leaf spot, causes leaves to turn brown and drop before achieving their regular brilliant red, yellow and orange hues.

    News10Now - TOP STORIES 2008

  • Orange Goo At Alaskan Village Found To Be Fungal Spores, Not Eggs Orange goo discovered near remote Alaska village identified as fungal spores ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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