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endobasidial

endobasidial adjective: within or as an extension of the basidium.

Adjective

endobasidial (not comparable)

  1. Within or as an extension of the basidium.
    • In three species at least of Neuropogon the fulcra are of the endobasidial type, as defined by Steiner (1901).1939, Journal: Botany, volume 52, Linnean Society of London, page 205
    • A, endobasidial filament of Buellia canescens; B, part of the endobasidial microsporogenous plexus in Lobaria laetevirens; […]2012, Vernon Ahmadijian, The Lichens, page 61

Origin of endobasidial

From endo- + basidial.

Questions about endobasidial

What does endobasidial mean?
Endobasidial means within or as an extension of the basidium.
What part of speech is endobasidial?
Endobasidial is an adjective.

Words near endobasidial in the dictionary

  1. endobacteria
  2. endobacterial
  3. endobacterium
  4. endobag
  5. endobags
  6. endobasidial
  7. endobasion
  8. endobenthic
  9. endobenthos
  10. endobifunctor
  11. endobifunctors

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