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mycelium.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/maɪˈsi.li.əm/
  1. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.

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