fungal
/ˈfʌŋɡəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.31 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
Example Sentences
- "Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial."
- "Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]"
- "Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food."
Etymology
From fungus + -al.