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gloeovessel

gloeovessel noun: a vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.

Noun

gloeovessel (plural gloeovessels)

  1. A vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.
    • The hymenium is a more-or-less thickening euhymenium or a catahymenium, often with associated sterile hyphidia, cystidia, gloeocystidia, setae or gloeovessels.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York...

Forms of gloeovessel

pluralgloeovessels
alternative formgleovessel

Origin of gloeovessel

Blend of gloeocystidium + vessel.

Questions about gloeovessel

What does gloeovessel mean?
Gloeovessel means a vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.
What part of speech is gloeovessel?
Gloeovessel is a noun.
What is the plural of gloeovessel?
The plural of gloeovessel is gloeovessels.

Words near gloeovessel in the dictionary

  1. gloeocystidial
  2. gloeocystidium
  3. gloeoplerous
  4. gloeorhodopsin
  5. gloeorhodopsins
  6. gloeovessel
  7. gloeovessels
  8. GLOF
  9. GloFish
  10. GloFishes
  11. glofitamab

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