cordyceps

Drawing of a cordyceps

Meaning

Noun

  • Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi.

Origin

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek κορδῡ́λη ("club") + -ceps

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