Etymology

basidium

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Today it means: A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βάσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβάσις“base”
  2. English todaybasidium

A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.

Words from the same roots

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