Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basidiocarp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ba-sid-io-carp
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mushroom which contains basidia.

Example Sentences

"For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes."
"The sexual stage of the fungus, the basidiocarp, arises as a pseudorhiza from a fungus comb and continues as a stipe, terminating in a cap with a prominent umbo or perforatorium."

Etymology

From basidium + -carp.

Inflected Forms

basidiocarps (plural)

Questions

What does basidiocarp mean?: A mushroom which contains basidia.
Where does basidiocarp come from?: From basidium + -carp.

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