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holobasidiate

holobasidiate adjective: being or containing a holobasidium.

Adjective

holobasidiate (not comparable)

  1. Being or containing a holobasidium.
    • The basidia are holobasidiate, and rarely have adventitious septa in the metabasidium or sterigmata; they also rarely proliferate in apical linear succession.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...

Origin of holobasidiate

From holobasidi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about holobasidiate

What does holobasidiate mean?
Holobasidiate means being or containing a holobasidium.
What part of speech is holobasidiate?
Holobasidiate is an adjective.

Words near holobasidiate in the dictionary

  1. holobaramin
  2. holobaraminic
  3. holobaramins
  4. holobasidia
  5. holobasidial
  6. holobasidiate
  7. holobasidium
  8. holobenthic
  9. Holobinko
  10. holobiome
  11. holobiomes

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