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Definition: Basidium |
BasidiumNoun1. A small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Basidium \Ba*sid"i*um\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Greek base.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | A characteristically club-shaped body bearing basidiospores externally, and produced in or on the perfect(i. e. sexual)fructification of the Basidiomycetes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | The organ in Basidiomycotina which, after karyogamy and meiosis, bears the basidiospores. pl. basidia. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word basidium literally means little pedestal, from the way in which the basidium supports the spores. However, some biologists find that the structure more closely resembles a club; thus, the Basidiomycota are also known as the club fungi.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Basidium."
Crosswords: Basidium |
| English words defined with "basidium": basidiospore ♦ Dacrymyces, Dacrymycetaceae ♦ family Dacrymycetaceae, family Tremellaceae ♦ Gastroboletus, genus Dacrymyces, genus Gastroboletus ♦ hypobasidium ♦ promycelium ♦ Tremellaceae. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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| Language | Translations for "basidium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | basidium (promycelium), basidie (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | basidium (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | basidio (promycelium), itiökanta (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | baside, promycélium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Basidium (promycelium), Basidie (promycelium), Promyzelium (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βασίδιον (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | basidio (promycelium), promicelio (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asidiumbay basídio (promycelium). (various references) basidium (promycelium), basidio (promycelium). (various references) basidium (promycelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-i-i-m-s-u" | |
-2 letters: iambus. | |
-3 letters: amids, bauds, bimas, daubs, dumas, dumbs, iambi, iambs, imids, maids, mauds, midis. | |
-4 letters: aids, aims, amid, amis, amus, bads, bams, baud, bias, bids, bima, buds, bums, dabs, dais, dams, daub, dibs, dims, dubs, duma, dumb, iamb, ibis, imid, isba, mads, maid, maud, mibs, midi, mids, muds, sadi, said, sima, suba. | |
-5 letters: abs, ads, aid, aim, ais, ami, amu, bad, bam, bas, bid, bis, bud, bum, bus, dab, dam, dib, dim, dis, dub, dui, ids, ism, mad, mas, mib, mid, mis, mud, mus, sab, sad, sau, sib, sim, sub, sum. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-i-i-m-s-u" | |
+4 letters: disambiguate, liquidambars. | |
+5 letters: disambiguated, disambiguates, misattributed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 73 69 64 69 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- ... .. -.. .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100100 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a s i d i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0073 0069 0064 0069 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667857570758779 |
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