fungus growth

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• growth — [n1] development, progress advance, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, beefing up*, boost, buildup, crop, cultivation, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, expansion, extension, fleshing out*, flowering, gain, germination, heightening,… …   New thesaurus

• Fungus — Fun gus, n.; pl. L. {Fungi}, E. {Funguses}. [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. ? sponge, for ?; if so, cf. E. sponge.] 1. (Bot.) Any one of the {Fungi}, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, the molds,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …   Universalium

• Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) …   Wikipedia

• growth — Synonyms and related words: about face, abscess, access, accession, accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ague, alchemy, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fungus — Synonyms and related words: adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, amphibian, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, benign tumor, biennial, blast, blight, bread mold, bug, callosity …   Moby Thesaurus

• fungus — /ˈfʌŋgəs / (say fungguhs) noun (plural fungi /ˈfʌŋgi / (say funggee), /ˈfʌŋgaɪ/ (say fungguy) or funguses) 1. any of the Fungi, a group of thallophytes including the mushrooms, moulds, mildews, rusts, smuts, etc., characterised chiefly by absence …  

• fungus garden — noun : a growth of fungus in the nests of various ants and beetles that is tended and used by them for food compare ambrosia beetle, bromatium …   Useful english dictionary

• growth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. development, evolution, increase; adulthood, maturity; harvest, crop, produce, yield; flora, vegetable; tumor, cancer, node, polyp, mole, tubercule, cyst, excrescence, swelling, protuberance, wen. See …   English dictionary for students

• fungus — n. (pl. fungi or funguses) 1 any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or multinucleate non photosynthetic organisms feeding on organic matter, which include moulds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools. 2 anything similar usu. growing suddenly… …   Useful english dictionary

• malignant growth — Synonyms and related words: benign tumor, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, corn, cyst, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, proud flesh,… …   Moby Thesaurus