n.
Pronunciation: st ə - ' rig-m ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ma · ta \ -m ə -t ə \ also -mas
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek st ē rigma support, from st ē rizein to prop; perhaps akin to Greek stereos solid ― more at STARE
Date: 1874
: one of the slender stalks at the top of the basidium of some fungi from the tips of which the basidiospores are formed broadly : a stalk or filament that bears conidia or spermatia