mycelium
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See also: mycélium
English
Etymology
Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”) + -ium (with inserted -l- perhaps after e.g. epithelium).
Pronunciation
Noun
mycelium (plural mycelia)
- The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
Derived terms
Translations
vegetative part of a fungus
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.
Pronunciation
Noun
mycelium n
Declension
Further reading
- “mycelium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mycelium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “mycelium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.
Pronunciation
Noun
mycelium n (plural mycelia)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelier, definite plural mycelia or myceliene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by mycel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelium, definite plural mycelia)