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''mycelium'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260708194133-00-⌔
mycelium - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
mycelium (countable and uncountable, plural mycelia)
- The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
Etymology
From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /maɪˈsi.li.əm/
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- Rhymes: -iːliəm
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