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basidium

ba·sid·i·um [ bə síddee əm ] (plural ba·sid·i·a [ bə síddee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
spore-bearing part of fungus: a club-shaped cell found in some fungi from which external sexual spores are produced

[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin, "small base" < Greek basis "step, base"]

ba·sid·i·al adjective
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