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macronematous

macronematous adjective: having larger than normal conidiogenous cells.

Adjective

macronematous (not comparable)

  1. Having larger than normal conidiogenous cells
    • Conidiophores on trichomes, micronematous, formed along the hyphae, sometimes macronematous terminally at the apex of trichomes, mononematous, cylindrical, 5–62.5 × 5.0–7.5 μm, 0–5 septate, occasionally branched, brown, smooth.2016 February 25, “Naming Potentially Endangered Parasites: Foliicolous Mycobiota of Dimorphandra wilsonii, a Highly Threatened Brazilian Tree Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of macronematous

From macro- + nematous.

Questions about macronematous

What does macronematous mean?
Macronematous means having larger than normal conidiogenous cells.
What part of speech is macronematous?
Macronematous is an adjective.

Words near macronematous in the dictionary

  1. macronational
  2. macronationality
  3. macronationally
  4. macronations
  5. macroned
  6. macronematous
  7. Macronesia
  8. Macronesian
  9. macroneurological
  10. Macronian
  11. macroniche

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