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basidium

/bəˈsɪdɪəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ba-sid-i-um
IPA
/bəˈsɪdɪəm/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

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Etymology

A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /bəˈsɪdɪəm/

Inflected Forms

basidia (plural)

Derived Forms

autobasidium basidiate basidiocarp basidiome basidiospore epibasidium holobasidium homobasidium hypobasidium metabasidium phragmobasidium probasidium

Questions

How do you pronounce basidium?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈsɪdɪəm/.
What does basidium mean?
A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
Where does basidium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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