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cirrhus

noun

usually coiled

• Syn: ↑cirrus

• Hypernyms: ↑tendril

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variant of cirrus

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/sir"euhs/, n., pl. cirrhi /sir"uy/. Mycol.

a mucus-bound ribbonlike mass of spores that is exuded from a fungus.

[ < NL, a pseudo-Gk form of L cirrus CIRRUS]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.