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Mushroom-shaped
Answer for the clue "Mushroom-shaped ", 9 letters:
fungiform
Word definitions for fungiform in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"mushroom-shaped," 1801, from stem of fungus + -form .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having the shape of a mushroom.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fungiform \Fun"gi*form\, a. [Eungus + -form: cf. F. fongiforme.] Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papill[ae] (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.
Usage examples of fungiform.
It is now pretty satisfactorily established that the circumvallate, or fungiform papillae are the only ones concerned in the special sense of taste.