Similar words: fungi, hung up, fungible, gush, gust, gusty, bogus, gushy. Meaning: ['fʌŋgəs] 
n. a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores.
n. a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores. (211) In 1991, when the tree was suffering from a bout of honey fungus, the growers decided they needed a back-up plan.
(212) If the wastewater concentration was too high, it would stimulate fungus, aminate bacteria, denitrifying bacteria and some anaerobic bacteria to propagate.