mycelium

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mycelium has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

myceliumn. [NL., fr. Gr. my`khs a mushroom.].
     The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mycelium, n. (pl. mycelia) the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of microscopic threadlike hyphae.

Derivative
mycelial adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk mukes mushroom, after EPITHELIUM

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