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basidium

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bæˈsɪdɪəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bə sid′ē əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•sid•i•um  (bə sid′ē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sid•i•a (-sid′ē ə).USA pronunciation [Mycol.]
  1. Fungia special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne, usually at the tips of slender projections.
  • bas(is) + -idium 1855–60
ba•sid′i•al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
basidium /bæˈsɪdɪəm/ n ( pl -ia /-ɪə/)
  1. the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Greek basidion; see basis, -iumbaˈsidial adj
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'basidium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
basidia - basidiomycete - basidiospore

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