English Explanatory Dictionary

sterigma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
  2. A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
  3. Part of the genitalia of moths.

Word forms

sterigma sterigmata sterigmas

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στήριγμα (stḗrigma, “support, foundation”).

Derived words

arthrosterigma sterigmatic
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