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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Moldiness; mustiness.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of zygomycetous fungi, typical of the suborder Mucoreæ; the true molds.
  • noun In medicine, mucus.

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

  • proper noun (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.

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  • noun any mold of the genus Mucor

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