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cystidium
[ si-stid-ee-uhm ]
/ sɪˈstɪd i əm /
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noun, plural cys·tid·i·a [si-stid-ee-uh]. /sɪˈstɪd i ə/. Mycology.
(in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
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Words nearby cystidium
cystic, cysticercoid, cysticercosis, cysticercus, cystic fibrosis, cystidium, cystine, cystinuria, cystitis, cysto-, cystocarp
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How to use cystidium in a sentence
In the small family of Nassellida alone (with the two genera Cystidium and Nassella) the skeleton is entirely absent.
Podoconus two-thirds as long as the capsule, trifid, with three equal circular lobes (as in Cystidium inerme).