parenthesome

Questions

What does parenthesome mean?

A septal pore cap, a microscopic structure of unknown function found in the cells of basidiomycete fungi.

Where does parenthesome come from?

From parenthesis + -some, from the resemblance to the punctuation marks.

How to pronounce parenthesome

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