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Definition of: cystidium
(sis·tid′ē·əm) noun plural ·tid·i·a (-tid′·ē·ə) Bot.
A sterile, spherical cell projecting among the basidia in fleshy fungi. [<NL <Gk. kystis cyst + -idion, dim. suffix]
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