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Fungiform
Mushroom-shaped. From fungi-, fungus + forma, shape. The fungiform papillae are broad flat structures that house taste buds in the central portion of the dorsum (back) of the tongue. These papillae were thought to resemble a fungus: a little mushroom.
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Shaped like a fungus or mushroom; applied to any structure with a broad, often branched, free portion and a narrower base. SYN: fungilliform.

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fun·gi·form 'fən-jə-.fȯrm, 'fəŋ-gə- adj shaped like a mushroom

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fun·gi·form (funґjĭ-form) shaped like a fungus; see also fungoid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.