CONIDIUM


Meaning of CONIDIUM in English

— conidial, conidian , adj.

/koh nid"ee euhm, keuh-/ , n. , pl. conidia /-nid"ee euh/ . Bot.

(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.

[ 1865-70; kón ( is ) dust (akin to INCINERATE) + -IDIUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .