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basidium

Pronunciation: /bəˈsɪdɪəm/

The English word “basidium” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

Etymology

A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.

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