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From parenthesis + -some, from the resemblance to the punctuation marks.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A septal pore cap, a microscopic structure of unknown function found in the cells of basidiomycete fungi. Full definition →
From parenthesis + -some, from the resemblance to the punctuation marks.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.