Meanings
nounmycelium (countable and uncountable, plural mycelia)
plural mycelia
- countableuncountableThe vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- New Latinmycelium
- Englishmycelium
From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan miceli
- micelivegetative part of a fungus
Chinese Mandarin 菌絲 /菌丝, 菌根
- 菌絲 /菌丝 (jūnsī)vegetative part of a fungus
- 菌根vegetative part of a fungus
Czech podhoubí, mycelium
- podhoubívegetative part of a fungus
- myceliumvegetative part of a fungus
Esperanto micelio
- miceliovegetative part of a fungus
Estonian niidistik, seeneniidistik
- niidistikvegetative part of a fungus
- seeneniidistikvegetative part of a fungus
- mütseelvegetative part of a fungus
Finnish sienirihmasto
- sienirihmastovegetative part of a fungus
French mycélium
- mycéliumvegetative part of a fungus
German Myzel, Myzelium
- Myzelvegetative part of a fungus
- Myzeliumvegetative part of a fungus
Hebrew תַּפְטִיר
- תַּפְטִיר (taftír)vegetative part of a fungus
Hungarian micélium, szövedék
- micéliumvegetative part of a fungus
- szövedékvegetative part of a fungus
- gombaszövedékvegetative part of a fungus
- tenyésztestvegetative part of a fungus
Icelandic mýsli
- mýslivegetative part of a fungus
Irish mícéiliam
- mícéiliamvegetative part of a fungus
Italian micelio
- miceliovegetative part of a fungus
Latvian sēņotne, micēlijs
- sēņotnevegetative part of a fungus
- micēlijsvegetative part of a fungus
Lithuanian grybiena
- grybienavegetative part of a fungus
Norwegian Bokmål mycel
- mycelvegetative part of a fungus
Polish grzybnia
- grzybniavegetative part of a fungus
Portuguese micélio
- micéliovegetative part of a fungus
Romanian miceliu
- miceliuvegetative part of a fungus
Russian мице́лий, грибни́ца
- мице́лий (micélij)vegetative part of a fungus
- грибни́ца (gribníca)vegetative part of a fungus
Spanish micelio
- miceliovegetative part of a fungus
Swedish mycel
- mycelvegetative part of a fungus
Tagalog sanghiblayan
- sanghiblayanvegetative part of a fungus
Ukrainian грибни́ця, міце́лій
- грибни́ця (hrybnýcja)vegetative part of a fungus
- міце́лій (micélij)vegetative part of a fungus
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mycelium
heliumepitheliumendotheliummesotheliumurotheliumberkeliumantiheliumapheliumdiheliumexotheliumhydridoheliumhyperheliumhypotracheliummyoepitheliumnonheliumparaheliumperiheliumradioheliumsubendotheliumteliumtracheliumuroepithelium
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mycelium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycelium
MLA
“mycelium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycelium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mycelium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycelium.
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