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conidium

[ koh-nid-ee-uhm, kuh- ]

noun

, Botany.
, plural co·nid·i·a [koh-, nid, -ee-, uh, k, uh, -].
  1. (in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.


conidium

/ kəʊˈnɪdɪəm /

noun

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

/ kə-nĭdē-əm /

, Plural conidia

  1. An asexually produced fungal spore, formed on a conidiophore. Most conidia are dispersed by the wind and can endure extremes of cold, heat, and dryness. When conditions are favorable, they germinate and grow into hyphae.


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Derived Forms

  • coˈnidial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • co·nidi·al co·nidi·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conidium1

1865–70; < Greek kón ( is ) dust (akin to incinerate ) + -idium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conidium1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek konis dust + ium
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Example Sentences

When it has reached the front of the opening in the conidium, which is thus emptied, the mass remains immovable.

This secondary conidium can sometimes engender a third cellule by a similar process.

A short time after the appearance of the vacuoles the entire conidium extends itself so that the papilla disappears.

Then it isolates itself from the germ-tube by a septum, and takes all the essential characteristics of the parent conidium.

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