Etymology

cordyceps

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Today it means: Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi. Full definition →

translingual Cordyceps ← Ancient Greek κορδῡ́λη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκορδῡ́λη“club”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromCordyceps
  3. English todaycordyceps

Borrowed from translingual Cordyceps, from Ancient Greek κορδῡ́λη (kordū́lē, “club”) + -ceps (“headed”).

Words from the same roots

translingualCordyceps all →

cordycepin

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