gonidium
noun
(in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
gonidia
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pluralof gonidium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That the different forms and varieties of gonidia corresponded with parallel types of algæ; 4th.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Two or more gonidia may be supported upon each sterigma.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
The lichen-thallus is composed of chains or groups of round chlorophyl-containing cells, called "gonidia," and masses of interwoven rows of elongated cells which constitute the hyphæ.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
It is, perhaps, worthy of remark that in Chionyphe Carteri the threads grow over the cysts exactly as the hypha of lichens is represented as growing over the gonidia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
This he thinks is the only way in which it can be accounted for that the gonidia of diverse lichens should be almost identical.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
