1. having the shape or form of a mushroom or fungus
Usage: technical; biology

Examples

• The fungiform papillae on the tongue contain taste buds.
• Scientists observed fungiform structures growing from the tree bark.
• The coral displayed distinctive fungiform projections.
• Fungiform growths appeared on the laboratory culture.
• The pathologist noted fungiform lesions in the tissue sample.
• Fungiform papillae are scattered across the front of the tongue.