Definition of basidium Basidium
ba•sid•i•um
We found 4 definitions of basidium from 4 different sources.
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What does basidium mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: basidiums |
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| basidium - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes | ||
| reproductive structure the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction | ||
| hypobasidium special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales | ||
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Wiktionary 
- basidium (Noun)
A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- basidium (n.)
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
Part of speech
🔤- basidium, noun, singular of basidia.
