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basidium

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

Españolbasidio
Françaisbaside
Portuguêsbasídio
6 more languages
Ελληνικάβασίδιο
日本語担子器
Polskipodstawka
Românăbasidie
Русскийбази́дия

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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