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isidiiferous

isidiiferous adjective: bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).

Adjective

isidiiferous (comparative more isidiiferous, superlative most isidiiferous)

  1. Bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).
    • Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by...1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99

Forms of isidiiferous

comparativemore isidiiferous
superlativemost isidiiferous
alternative formisidioferous

Origin of isidiiferous

From isidium + -i- + ferous.

Words that rhyme with isidiiferous

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Questions about isidiiferous

What does isidiiferous mean?
Isidiiferous means bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).
What part of speech is isidiiferous?
Isidiiferous is an adjective.

Words near isidiiferous in the dictionary

  1. isidial
  2. Isidian
  3. isidiate
  4. isidid
  5. isidids
  6. isidiiferous
  7. isidioferous
  8. isidioid
  9. isidiose
  10. isidium
  11. Isidora

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