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isidioferous

isidioferous is the alternative form of isidiiferous.

Meaning of isidiiferous

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 isidioferous

comparativemore isidioferous
superlativemost isidioferous

Questions about isidioferous

What is isidioferous the alternative form of?
Isidioferous is the alternative form of isidiiferous.

Words near isidioferous in the dictionary

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

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