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Meaning of cephalodium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A small gall-like structure found in some lichens that contain cyanobacterial symbionts.

Examples

“The Nostocoid type consists of small rounded blue-green cells not over 5p. in diameter and arranged in chains which are often much broken up in the cephalodium, so that the concatenate arrangement is hardly apparent.”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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