abstriction

[ab-strik-shuh n]

noun Mycology.

a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.

Origin of abstriction

First recorded in 1640–50; ab- + striction

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British Dictionary definitions for abstriction

abstriction

noun

the separation and release of a mature spore from a sporophore by the formation of a septum. This process occurs in some fungi

Word Origin for abstriction

C17: from Latin ab- 1 + strictio a binding, from stringere to bind

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