basidium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -ίδιον (-ídion, diminutive suffix).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
basidium (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.]
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Translations[edit]
small club shaped structure
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Basidium”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 689, column 3.