fusarium
/fjuˈzɛɹi.əm/noun
fusarium is a noun meaning “Any of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-S-A-R-I-U-M, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fusarium is fusariums or fusaria.
What does fusarium mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fusarium?
- UK /fjuːˈzɛəɹi.əm/
- US /fjuˈzɛɹi.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fusarium
- fusariums plural
- fusaria plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fusarium?
Fusarium appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fusarium come from?
From translingual Fusarium, from Latin fusus (“spindle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).