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dikaryophytes

dikaryophytes is the plural of dikaryophyte.

Meaning of dikaryophyte

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

Questions about dikaryophytes

What is dikaryophytes the plural of?
Dikaryophytes is the plural of dikaryophyte.

Words near dikaryophytes in the dictionary

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

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