fungate

fungate
To grow exuberantly like a fungus or spongy growth.

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fun·gate 'fəŋ-.gāt vt, -gat·ed; -gat·ing to assume a fungal form or grow rapidly like a fungus <a bulky fungating lesion (R. F. Thoeni)>
fun·ga·tion .fəŋ-'gā-shən n

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fun·gate (fungґgāt) 1. to produce funguslike growths. 2. to grow rapidly, like a fungus.

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