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Webster 1913 Edition
Basidium
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Ba-sid′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., dim. of Gr.
βάσισ
base.] (Bot.)
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
Definition 2024
basidium
basidium
English
Noun
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.
Translations
small club shaped structure
