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conidium

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəʊˈnɪdɪəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kō nid′ē əm, kə-)

co•nid•i•um (kō nid′ē əm, kə-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nid•i•a (-nid′ē ə).USA pronunciation [Bot.]

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

Greek kón(is) dust (akin to incinerate) + -idium
1865–70

co•nid′i•al, co•nid′i•an, adj.

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conidium /kəʊˈnɪdɪəm/ n ( pl -nidia /-ˈnɪdɪə/)

an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore) in fungi such as Penicillium

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Greek konis dust + -ium

'conidium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

conidiophore - sterigma

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