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pycnidium

American  
[pik-nid-ee-uhm] / pɪkˈnɪd i əm /

noun

Mycology.

plural

pycnidia

  1. (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.

pycnidium British  
/ pɪkˈnɪdɪəm /

noun

  1. a small flask-shaped structure containing spores that occurs in ascomycetes and certain other fungi

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Other Word Forms

  • pycnidial adjective

Etymology

Origin of pycnidium

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek pykn ( ós ) close, thick, dense + -idion diminutive suffix

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