HETEROKARYON


Meaning of HETEROKARYON in English

noun

also het·ero·caryon |hed.ərō+

( -s )

Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + karyon or caryon

: a cell in the mycelium of a fungus that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei — compare dikaryon , homokaryon

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.