Medical Term:
basidium
Pronunciation: ba-sid′ē-ŭm, -ă
Definition: A cell or spore-bearing organ usually club-shaped that is characteristic of the Basidiomycota. It bears basidiospores externally after karyogamy and meiosis. It is composed of a swollen terminal cell situated on a slender stalk, and gives rise to slender filaments (sterigmata), usually four in number, from the ends of which the basidiospores are developed.
[L., fr G. basis, base]
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