oidium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ōidium, from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -ium.
Noun edit
oidium (plural oidia)
- A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
- 2003 August, Competition Science Vision, page 802:
- • Oidia are hyaline, small and thin-walled unicellular sections or fragments of the mycelium.
• Oidia may be uni- or binucleate as whether they are produced by the breaking up of the primary or secondary mycelium.
- 2004, P.D. Sharma, The Fungi, page 241:
- However, in some forms mainly some Hymenomycetes it occurs by the formation of oidia. The oidia are of two main types.
- 2006, A. V. S. S. Sambamurty, A Textbook of Plant Pathology, page 239:
- Later the pods become covered completely with white powdery mass composed of mycelium, oidiophores and oidia of the fungus.
- The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes.
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Translations edit
fragile spore
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Noun edit
oidium n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of oidium (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) oidium | oidiumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) oidium | oidiumului |
vocative | oidiumule |