mycelium

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See also: mycélium

English

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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

Noun

mycelium (plural mycelia)

  1. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mycelium.

Pronunciation

Noun

mycelium n

  1. mycelium
    Synonym: podhoubí

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

  • IPA(key): /miˈseː.li.ʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: my‧ce‧li‧um

Noun

mycelium n (plural mycelia)

  1. mycelium

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mycelium n (definite singular myceliet, indefinite plural mycelier, definite plural mycelia or myceliene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by mycel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)

  1. (pre-2005) alternative form of mycel