Etymology

conidium

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Today it means: A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόνις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόνις“dust”
  2. English todayconidium

From Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + -idium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόνις all →

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