basidium
English
editEtymology
editLatinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbasidium (plural basidia)
- (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsmall club shaped structure
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Basidium”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 689, column 3.