English Explanatory Dictionary

goniocyst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lichen thallus containing clusters of algae embedded in an envelope of fungal hyphae.

Word forms

goniocyst goniocysts

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der.? Ancient Greek κύω (kúō)? Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der. Late Latin cystisder. English cyst English goniocyst Coined by J. M. Norman in 1871 in "Fuligines lichenosae eller Moriolei". Bot. Notiser 1871: 9-20. From gonio- + cyst.

Derived words

goniocystangium goniocystula
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