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Webster 1913 Edition
Gonidium
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Go-nid′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK] angle.]
(Zool.)
A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
‖Go-nid′i-um
,Noun.
pl.
Gonidia
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. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] that which generates.]
(Bot.)
A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.
Definition 2025
gonidium
gonidium
English
Noun
gonidium (plural gonidia)
- (lichenology, phycology) A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
- (zoology) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
Translations
algal cell
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