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fungiform, a.|ˈfʌndʒɪfɔːm|
[f. fungi- fungus + -form. Cf. F. fongiforme.]
Having the form of a fungus; having a termination resembling the head of a mushroom. Said esp. of papillæ on the tongue.
1823Phillips Mineral. p. lxxxviii, Fungiform, certain subtances..are occasionally met with having a termination similar to the head of a fungus; whence they are said to be fungiform. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 589 Fungiform Papillæ. Their number is indeterminate. 1868Wright Ocean World v. 120 Happalimus.—Mass fungiform, pedicillate below, expanding conically. 1881Mivart Cat 172 The fungiform papillæ are much smaller and more numerous than the circumvallate ones. |