fungi

/ˈfʌŋɡiː/

UK: /ˈfʌŋɡiː/

fungi

English Noun Top 31,039

Definition

Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).