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picnidium

picnidium is the alternative form of pycnidium.

Meaning of pycnidium

Noun

pycnidium (plural pycnidia)

  1. In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
    Synonyms:
    pycnid

Forms of picnidium

pluralpicnidia

Questions about picnidium

What is picnidium the alternative form of?
Picnidium is the alternative form of pycnidium.

Words near picnidium in the dictionary

  1. picnicware
  2. picnicwares
  3. picnidia
  4. picnidial
  5. picnidiospore
  6. picnidium
  7. picnis
  8. picnometer
  9. picnometers
  10. picnometry
  11. picnotic

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