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limbidium

limbidium noun: a differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.

Noun

limbidium (plural limbidia)

  1. A differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.
    • The leaf margin, which consists of a band of uni-stratose to pluri-stratose, hyaline-yellowish, prosenchymatous, stereid cells is called limbidium. In some species, the limbidium can be well developed in all three laminae.2020, Afroz Alam, Contemporary Research on Bryophytes, page 165

Forms of limbidium

plurallimbidia

Origin of limbidium

From Latin limbus (“edge”) + -idium.

Questions about limbidium

What does limbidium mean?
Limbidium means a differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.
What part of speech is limbidium?
Limbidium is a noun.
What is the plural of limbidium?
The plural of limbidium is limbidia.

Words near limbidium in the dictionary

  1. limbic system
  2. limbic systems
  3. limbic-thalamo-cortical
  4. limbically
  5. limbidia
  6. limbidium
  7. limbie
  8. limbier
  9. limbies
  10. limbiest
  11. limbiness

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