About The Word Basidium
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Basidium
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What's The Definition Of Basidium?
[n] a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Basidium: Related Terms | Find terms related to Basidium: See Also | hypobasidium | promycelium | reproductive structure Basidium In Webster's Dictionary \Ba*sid"i*um\, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ? 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.
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