oidium

American  

[oh-id-ee-uhm] / oʊˈɪd i əm /

noun

Mycology.

oidia plural

1. one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.

2. (in certain fungi) a thin-walled spore derived from the fragmentation of a hypha into its component cells.

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oidium British  

/ əʊˈɪdɪəm /

noun

1. botany any of various fungal spores produced in the form of a chain by the development of septa in a hypha

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Other Word Forms

• oidioid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of oidium

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek ōi ( ón ) egg ¹ (cognate with Latin ovum; see oo-) + -idium -idium

Example Sentences

For years the plant has constantly been treated against oidium with antiseptics, which destroy the spores and germ-growths; and we can hardly expect a first-rate yield from a chronically-diseased stock.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Then he conducted him from the kitchen-garden to the house, talking of some obscure Professor Maspero, and of his secret method of combating oidium.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio

Laycock sees it in the bacilli and spores of oidium albicans; Wilks, however, found the same parasite in other affections.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In the hall they were discussing another and far worse form of oidium.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio