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fusoid-ventricose

fusoid-ventricose adjective: having a structure which is distinctly enlarged in the middle and tapered toward both ends.

Adjective

fusoid-ventricose (comparative more fusoid-ventricose, superlative most fusoid-ventricose)

  1. Having a structure which is distinctly enlarged in the middle and tapered toward both ends
    • […] sp. irregularly elliptic-oblong (angulato-ellipsoideis), 9-15 × 5-7 μ; c. fusoid-ventricose, 60-70 × 19-22 μ.1904, George Massee, “A Monograph of the genus Inocybe, Karsten”, in Annals of Botany, volume 18, page 467
    • The fusoid-ventricose type (fig. A13) apparently arises from the basidiole-type by elongation of the apical region of the cell to produce a ± narrow neck tapered to a more or less obtuse apex.1983, Alexander Hanchett Smith, The Veiled Species of Hebeloma in the Western United States, page 7

Forms of fusoid-ventricose

comparativemore fusoid-ventricose
superlativemost fusoid-ventricose

Questions about fusoid-ventricose

What does fusoid-ventricose mean?
Fusoid-ventricose means having a structure which is distinctly enlarged in the middle and tapered toward both ends.
What part of speech is fusoid-ventricose?
Fusoid-ventricose is an adjective.

Words near fusoid-ventricose in the dictionary

  1. fusogenically
  2. fusogenicities
  3. fusogenicity
  4. fusogens
  5. fusoid
  6. fusoid-ventricose
  7. fusokine
  8. fusokines
  9. fusomal
  10. fusome
  11. fusomes

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