Definition of Sporidium

1. n. A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.

Definition of Sporidium

1. Noun. (botany) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. ¹

2. Noun. A spore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sporidium

1. a spore [n SPORIDIA]

Medical Definition of Sporidium

1. Origin: NL. See Spore. A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. A spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporidium

sporebearing
spored
sporelike
sporeprint
sporeprints
spores
sporgeries
sporgery
sporicidal
sporicide
sporicides
sporid
sporidesmins
sporidia
sporidiferous
sporidium (current term)
sporids
sporiferous
sporification
sporifications
sporing
sporinite
sporinites
sporinitic
spork
sporked
sporking
sporks
sporo-
sporoagglutination

Literary usage of Sporidium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forest Protection (1915)
"ess was put forth at some point on the sporidium wall. ... The bud elongated and the protoplasmic contents of the sporidium extended into it. ..."

2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"The first division of the nucleus of the sporidium is ... but starting with the sporidium there is developed a mycelium of binucleated cells. ..."

3. The Microscope,: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1887)
"Other changes have been observed ; however, they all agree in one particular, namely,—that the sporidium is developed in the interior of a cell, ..."

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