mycelium
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1. the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | sclerotium, |
| definition | : | compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | hypha, |
| definition | : | any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
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