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cystidium
[ si-stid-ee-uhm ]
noun
, Mycology.
, plural cys·tid·i·a [si-, stid, -ee-, uh].
- (in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cystidium1
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Example Sentences
In the small family of Nassellida alone (with the two genera Cystidium and Nassella) the skeleton is entirely absent.
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Podoconus two-thirds as long as the capsule, trifid, with three equal circular lobes (as in Cystidium inerme).
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