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sporidium

sporidium noun: a secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.

Noun

sporidium (plural sporidia)

  1. A secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
  2. An ascospore.
  3. Any spore.

Forms of sporidium

pluralsporidia

Origin of sporidium

From New Latin sporidium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + -idium.

Words formed from sporidium

Questions about sporidium

What does sporidium mean?
Sporidium means a secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
What part of speech is sporidium?
Sporidium is a noun.
What is the plural of sporidium?
The plural of sporidium is sporidia.

Words near sporidium in the dictionary

  1. sporidial
  2. sporidiferous
  3. sporidiobolaceous
  4. sporidiola
  5. sporidiolum
  6. sporidium
  7. sporids
  8. sporiferous
  9. sporification
  10. sporifications
  11. sporing

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