Pycnidium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
  2. 2
    flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia wordnet

Synonyms

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clinosporangiumpycnid

Etymology

From New Latin pycnidium, from pycno- (“dense”) + -idium.

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