micronematous

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adjective

Having smaller than normal conidiogenous cells

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Meanings

adjectivemicronematous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving smaller than normal conidiogenous cells

    Conidiophores on trichomes, micronematous, formed along the hyphae, sometimes macronematous terminally at the apex of trichomes, mononematous, cylindrical, 5–62.5 × 5.0–7.5 μm, 0–5 septate, occasionally branched, brown, smooth.

    2016 February 25, “Naming Potentially Endangered Parasites: Foliicolous Mycobiota of Dimorphandra wilsonii, a Highly Threatened Brazilian Tree Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From macro- + nematous.

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APA

micronematous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronematous

MLA

“micronematous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronematous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micronematous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronematous.

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