| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A genus comprising the usual mushroom corals.[Wordnet]
2. Mushroom corals.[Wordnet] 3. A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "Fungia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
| Etymology:Fungia \Fun"gi*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression fungus mushroom: compare to the French expression fongie.]. (references) |
Common Expressions: Fungia
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Genus Fungia | A genus comprising the usual mushroom corals. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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