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dikaryophyte

dikaryophyte noun: a dikaryotic mycelium.

Noun

dikaryophyte (plural dikaryophytes)

  1. A dikaryotic mycelium.
    • It is well to remember, however, that this term, as applied to the smut fungi, is not strictly comparable with physiologic race as applied to the rusts and certain other fungi (Christensen and Rodenhiser, 1940), for the reason that the term has been used to designate not only pathogenically...1957, George William Fischer, Biology and Control of the Smut Fungi, page 331

Forms of dikaryophyte

pluraldikaryophytes

Origin of dikaryophyte

From di- (“two”) + karyo- (“nucleus”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about dikaryophyte

What does dikaryophyte mean?
Dikaryophyte means a dikaryotic mycelium.
What part of speech is dikaryophyte?
Dikaryophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of dikaryophyte?
The plural of dikaryophyte is dikaryophytes.

Words near dikaryophyte in the dictionary

  1. dikamali
  2. dikaryon
  3. dikaryons
  4. dikaryophase
  5. dikaryophases
  6. dikaryophyte
  7. dikaryophytes
  8. dikaryosis
  9. dikaryotic
  10. dikaryotisation
  11. dikaryotization

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