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basidiomycetous fungi |
basidiomycota |
basidiomycotina |
basidiospore |
basidiosporous |
basidium
| basifier
| basifixed
| basifugal
| basify
| basigynium
basidium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun basidium has 1 sense
- basidium(n = noun.plant) - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes; is a kind of reproductive structure
has parts: hypobasidium
has particulars: promycelium
Derived form adjective basidial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
basidium, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ba`sis base.].
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
basidium, n. (pl. basidia) a microscopic spore-bearing structure produced by certain fungi.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk basidion dimin. of BASIS
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