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sieni — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fungal adj Relating to, caused by, or resembling fungi.
  • fungus noun A living organism such as a mold, mushroom, or yeast that lacks chlorophyll and gets its nutrients by absorption rather than photosynthesis.
  • mushroom noun The fleshy, umbrella-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi, often eaten as food.
  • sponge noun A simple sea creature with a soft, porous skeleton, or the absorbent material made from it (or a synthetic equivalent) used for washing.
  • sucker noun A person who is easily fooled or persuaded.

Senses

sieni is used for these senses in English:

  • fungal Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
  • fungus (mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
  • mushroom (attributive) Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
  • mushroom A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
  • sponge (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
  • sponge (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
  • sucker A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

fungus — full definition

  1. noun A living organism such as a mold, mushroom, or yeast that lacks chlorophyll and gets its nutrients by absorption rather than photosynthesis.
  2. noun An abnormal, spongy growth of tissue, such as excess granulation in a wound.

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