basidium

/bəˈsɪdiəm/
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Other forms: basidia

Definitions of basidium
  1. noun
    a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
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    types:
    promycelium
    the basidium of various fungi
    type of:
    reproductive structure
    the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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