kəˈnidēəm noun
( plural conid·ia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from con- (from Greek konis dust) + -idium — more at incinerate
biology : an asexual spore produced by abstriction, budding, or septation from the tip of a conidiophore ; broadly : any asexual spore not borne within an enclosing structure — compare endospore