HyperDic: basidium

English > 1 sense of the word basidium:
NOUNplantbasidiuma small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections
English > basidium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes.
PartshypobasidiumSpecial cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales
NarrowerpromyceliumThe basidium of various fungi
Broaderreproductive structureThe parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
Spanishbasidio
Catalanbasidi
Adjectivesbasidialrelating to or characterized by basidia

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