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secotioid

secotioid adjective: relating to fungi of the genus Secotium.

Adjective

secotioid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to fungi of the genus Secotium
    • For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes.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 secotioid

From translingual Secotium (“enclosed fruiting body”) + -oid, from 1840 by German zoologyist, entomologist, and botanist Gustav Kunze from Ancient Greek σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure”).

Questions about secotioid

What does secotioid mean?
Secotioid means relating to fungi of the genus Secotium.
What part of speech is secotioid?
Secotioid is an adjective.

Words near secotioid in the dictionary

  1. secosterols
  2. secosubamolide
  3. Secotan
  4. Secotans
  5. secotiaceous
  6. secotioid
  7. secovirid
  8. secovirids
  9. secovirus
  10. secoviruses
  11. secoxyloganin

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