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Definition of: basidium
(bə·sid′ē·əm) noun plural ·sid·i·a (-sid′·ē·ə) Bot.
A mother cell in basidiomycetous fungi, on which spores (usually four) are borne at the extremity of slender stalks. [<NL <Gk. baseidion, dim. of basis. base]
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