English Explanatory Dictionary

basidium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

Pronunciation

/bəˈsɪdɪəm/ En-us-basidium.oga

Word forms

basidium basidia

Etymology

A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.

Derived words

basidiate basidiocarp basidiospore epibasidium holobasidium hypobasidium metabasidium phragmobasidium probasidium
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