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sterigma

The English word “sterigma” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
  2. A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
  3. Part of the genitalia of moths.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στήριγμα (stḗrigma, “support, foundation”).

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