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epibasidium
noun
epi·basidium
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Definition of epibasidium
1 : a superior prolongation of each cell of the basidium of various heterobasidiomycetous fungi (such as members of the order Tremellales) that bears the spore
2 : promycelium
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Origin and Etymology of epibasidium
New Latin, from epi- + basidium
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