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Fungous   Listen
adjective
Fungous  adj.  
1.
Of the nature of fungi; spongy.
2.
Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.





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"Fungous" Quotes from Famous Books



... Heartwood and sapwood Weight, density, and specific gravity Color Cross grain Knots Frost splits Shakes, galls, pitch pockets Insect injuries Marine wood-borer injuries Fungous injuries Parasitic plant injuries Locality of growth Season of cutting Water content ...
— The Mechanical Properties of Wood • Samuel J. Record
... race which cold, ungenial skies Breed from decay, as fungous growths arise; Though dying fast, yet springing fast again, Which still usurps an unsubstantial reign, With frames too languid for the charms of sense, And minds worn down with action too intense; Tired of a world whose joys they never knew, Themselves deceived, yet thinking all untrue; ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


Words linked to "Fungous" :   fungus


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