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Meaning of basidium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/bəˈsɪdɪəm/

Definitions

A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά βασίδιο
Español basidio
Suomi itiökanta
Français baside
日本語 担子器
Polski podstawka
Português basídio
Русский бази́дия

Examples

“The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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