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Webster 1913 Edition


Fungiform

Fun′gi-form

,
Adj.
[
Eungus
+
-form
: cf. F.
fongiforme
.]
Shaped like a fungus or mushroom.
Fungiform papillæ
(Anat.)
,
numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fungiform

FUN'GIFORM

a. [fungus and form.] In mineralogy, having a termination similar to the head of a fungus.

Definition 2024


fungiform

fungiform

English

Adjective

fungiform (comparative more fungiform, superlative most fungiform)

  1. Having the shape of a mushroom.
    the fungiform papillae on the tongue