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phragmobasidiate

phragmobasidiate adjective: being or containing a phragmobasidium.

Adjective

phragmobasidiate (not comparable)

  1. Being or containing a phragmobasidium.
    • This order comprises the Hymenomycetes of Fries (1874) with the exclusion of phragmobasidiate fungi, Dacrymycetales, Tulasnellales, Agaricales, and the biophilous parasitic fungi such as the Exobasidiales and Brachybasidiales.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 phragmobasidiate

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

Questions about phragmobasidiate

What does phragmobasidiate mean?
Phragmobasidiate means being or containing a phragmobasidium.
What part of speech is phragmobasidiate?
Phragmobasidiate is an adjective.

Words near phragmobasidiate in the dictionary

  1. phragmite
  2. phragmites
  3. phragmo-
  4. phragmobasidia
  5. phragmobasidial
  6. phragmobasidiate
  7. phragmobasidium
  8. phragmoceratid
  9. phragmoceratids
  10. phragmocone
  11. phragmocones

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