Meanings
adjectiveurnigerate (comparative more urnigerate, superlative most urnigerate)
comparative more urnigerate · superlative most urnigerate
- biologyShaped like an urn with a stem.
Its urnigerate basidia are not found in any of the Exobasidiaceae, but they do occur in the related Brachybasidiaceae.
1975, RJ Bandoni, BN Johri, “Observations on the genus Exobasidiellum”, in Canadian Journal of Botany
Origin
From Latin urniger (“urn-bearing”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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